Easter – Page 7 – Catalina Lutheran Church

Called to salvation through Christ’s death and resurrection

Good Shepherd by Cláudio Pastro

LSB 473, Our Paschal Lamb, That Sets Us Free

For this 2023 Eastertide, we have chosen LSB 473, Our Paschal Lamb, That Sets Us Free, to be our seasonal hymn. During this joy-filled season of the Church Year, we remember the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus from the dead. By His Resurrection, our Lord has defeated death1 and declared us right with the Father.2… Continue reading LSB 473, Our Paschal Lamb, That Sets Us Free

Three special years following our beautiful Shepherd

Good Shepherd by Cláudio Pastro

On this Sunday long ago named, Misericordias Domini, “Of the mercy of the Lord,” (which is how the Latin version of the Introit may be translated) God has gathered us to behold the mercy He has continued to give us out of His Word and Sacraments. Today, we in God’s fold in this location are blessed to celebrate three special years of following our Beautiful Shepherd… For more, click on the title above.

Easter 3 (Misericordias Domini) 2023

Good Shepherd by Cláudio Pastro

Easter 3 – Misericordias Domini

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Easter 2 (Quasimodo Geniti) 2023

Jesus Appears to the Disciples by William Hole

Easter 2 – Quasimodo Geniti

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Easter Wednesday

The Resurrected Savior Appears to His Disciples at the Sea of Galilee. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Easter Wednesday 2023

The Resurrected Savior Appears to His Disciples at the Sea of Galilee. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Easter Wednesday

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Easter 2023

Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Tomb by James Tissot

Easter – 9 am Divine Service

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Trembling and Bewilderment

Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Tomb by James Tissot

This beautiful morning as we again celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Christ, we have heard of His Body no longer occupying a new tomb in which no one else had ever been laid. That a couple of His disciples had borrowed to place His Body in after He died on a cross. This account came to us from the Evangelist Mark’s record. He, apparently writing the account of St. Peter as many theologians argue (and there is really no problem with that understanding), provided a very brief account of the events of the first Resurrection Sunday….For more, click on the title above.

Easter promises: Fulfilled in Christ’s resurrection

Touch me not (Noli me tangere) by James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum

I exhort you in Christ Jesus: Do not for a minute dismiss what we celebrate here: For on this Easter morning, we celebrate nothing less than the triumph over death itself. Triumph over actual death—this is not some story we use as a mind-numbing agent, to make us feel better about life and its hardships in this world.
No, my friends, we rejoice that Christ has accomplished what all science, medicine and human effort cannot possibly do. He has conquered the grave. He has won the victory so that we can truly live forever in the gracious presence of God. …For more, click on the title above.