Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday is the most important feast in the Liturgical Year because it celebrates the central Christian mystery of the resurrection. The Jews keep the Sabbath holy as they were instructed to in the Ten Commandments but we Christians keep Sundays holy because the first day of the week was the day of the resurrection.
It is especially important that we mark this day by going to Church but also by celebrating together as a family. Right across Europe families will be sitting down to an Easter lunch often involving lamb, reminding us that Jesus was the Lamb of God. The Jewish people ate lamb at the Passover as they were intructed to do by God and since the Last Supper was essentially a Passover meal we Christians continue to do this at Easter.   Father Alex