The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25
Sunday Services.

Sunday Services.
Services were conducted by the Catholic Chap
lain, and related particularly to the feast which
the day commentaries. The text was Cor. "
T, S:"Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a
new paste, you unleavened. For Christ
pasch. is sacrificed Therefore, let us feast
not with the old leaven. nor with the eaven of
malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened
bread OF sincerity and truth
ION this day Jesus Christ triumphed over the
power Of darkness. This day more than any other
enlivens our faith. The most careless filled
with emotion when they hear of the blessed name
of Christ. arisen from the grave. The resurrec
ton Of Jesus Christ proves to Christians the fun
damental foundation of Christianity. Therefore,
this beautiful day the whole Christian world is
filed with gladness.
when Christ was on earth He asserted that He
was God, but they accused Him of blasphemy and
condemned Him to death When the scribes and
the Pharisees asked for proof that He was Cod
He answered. 4 shall be dead three days Not
understanding His words, they asked again. what
sign dost thou give and He repl ed, Destroy this
temple, and in three days will build it up again
At another time He says. L have power to lay
down my life. and take it up again These were
Jews. and they were fulfilled by His resurrection
from the dead
THE Jews remembered that when He was cru
cited He said He would rise again on the tn I'd
day; here then is the grand test of His divinity.
Jesus Christ is dead. and His body is enclosed in
a sepulchre guarded by Roman soldiers His dis
ciples have skunk away. Mary Magdalene. and
two other women have come with sweet spices to
LoIr A.
forward she sees the mighty stone rolled away
the soldiers lying stricken on the ground, and
nothing in the sepulchre. On the right side of
the tomb stood an angel, who said unto her: 'Je-
is not here, He is risen from the Dead tell the
disciples He goeth before you into Galilee.' Mary
hastens to tell Peter and John what has occurred
On her return she beholds two angels. who ask
her; Whom seekest thou" She answers, please
tell me where they have taken the body Of the
Lord-where have they laid Him?' And then the
well known voice exclams. Mary and she recog-
nizes at once the voice of the Lord. Christ also
appeared to Peter during the day. When the dis
ciples had gathered together, and were comparing
notes, as it were, Jesus appeared in their midst,
saying, Peace be to you
''Such, then, is the narrative of the Gospel Je-
sus arose triumphant. The ruler of the Jews
spread the story that the disciples stole the body
while the soldiers slept. st. Augustine says in
gard to this, If they sleeping how could they
know the body was stolen; if they were not, why
did they allow it to be stolen? We also have the
testimony of Tertullian. that even PLATE con-
WINGED of the resurrection of Christ.
"Christ had declared that he God, and ap-
pealed to His resurrection to prove His divinity.
He did rise from the Dead and this proves not
only that His words and acts divine but that
He is also the divine Truth, and the divine Power
ION this day the Church robes itself in its rich
est garments, and sends up its hymns of praise.
The faithful leave their sins behind and raise up
their souls to God to receive the Paschal Lamb:
the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ risen from the
dead; and look forward with faith to that last
Easter Sunday morning when we shall all rise
from the dead.''