God’s love and salvationRevealed to us throughthe l i fe, passion, death

and resurrection andglorif ication

Of His Son Jesus Christ

The Paschal Mystery is the central mystery of the Christian Faith,

celebrated at the Easter Triduum

with a sublime and unique solemnity

The Term 'paschal' is derived from the word

'pasch', not simply because the events from the Last Supper through

the crucif ixion and resurrection of Christ

happened to coincide with Passover.

The event celebrated by Passover

-- the deliverance of Israel from enslavement in Egypt

-- is itself the anticipation of the full deliverance won

by Christ for the whole human race.

PASSOVER 1:

When the angel passed over the doors of the Israelitesmarked with

the blood of the lamb and God protected them.

PASSOVER 2: When the Israelites passed over the Red

Sea from Egypt (slavery) into the Promised

Land.

PASSOVER 1:

On Holy Thursday Jesus became

our sacrif icial Lamb.By his blood we are

saved and protected by God.

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PASSOVER 1:

“Passing over” of Wine – Blood; Bread – Body.

This sacrif ice was completed

on Good Friday. (It is accomplished).

PASSOVER 2: DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Holy Saturday night – Church begins Easter with

a liturgy of light.Church is in darkness

= the darkness of the worldThe priest blesses and

lights the Easter candle = Christ – the Alpha and Omega

Priest enters the church: “Christ our Light”.

By His death and in His resurrection He annihilated the devil and triumphed over him.

but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fel lowship with one another, and

the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. (1Jn1:7)

PASSOVER 2 (b): KINGDOM OF DARKNESSTO KINGDOM OF LIGHT

3. PASSOVER FROM SIN TO FREEDOM!

• With the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus

-- we are set free-- no longer slaves

but sons and daughters of God

3. PASSOVER FROM SIN TO FREEDOM!

• We know that the person we used to be was crucif ied

with him to put an end to sin in our bodies.

Because of this we are no longer slaves to sin. (Rom6:6)

4. PASSOVER FROM DEATH TO ETERNAL

LIFE.We do not have to be afraid

of death anymore – l i fe does not end

when we die – i t is merely transformed.

Whoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood,

has eternal l i fe; and I wil l raise him up

on the last day.John 6:54

PASSOVER FROM DEATH TO ETERNAL

LIFE.

SYMBOLS1. Pascal Lamb – Jesus (Lamb of God)2. Blood on doorposts – Blood of Jesus 3. Escape from Egypt – Escape from slavery of sin4. Passage through Red Sea – Baptism5. 40 years wandering – Life of trials, tribulations & temptations6. Promised Land – Kingdom of God

SIN SIGN1.Separation 1.Cross2.Satan’s influence

2.Oil

3.Soiled 3.Water4.Old creation

4.Cloth

5.Darkness 5.Candle

BAPTISM

Easter is not only a Easter is not only a powerful invitation to powerful invitation to acknowledge Jesus acknowledge Jesus

as the Lord as the Lord – – but to experience in but to experience in

our personal lives our personal lives the Pascal Mysterythe Pascal Mystery

By the Grace of EasterMay we also pass over from

•Ritual to Relationship•Feeling to Fact•Fear to Freedom

•Crowd to Community•Convenience to

Commitment•Self to Service

•Grabbing to Giving

EASTERA Celebration

of Freedom