Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

On this week’s programme excerpt we are delighted to welcome back Noirin Lynch, Director of FCJ Spirituality House, Teach Spiorodáltathe in Spanish Point, Co Clare to reflect on Easter Joy in a world gone mad. 
Noirin reminds us that Easter is not either about stopping in the paid of Good Friday nor at the same time running into the Alleluia’s but more a reminder to us that Easter Joy is the confidence that no matter what, we are in God’s hands. Jesus walked towards the hard stuff – he came down from Tabor and proceeded to Jerusalem and ultimately to Calvary. He stayed and we are also called to stay in solidarity and accompany people in their real lived experiences. The Kingdom of Heaven is not just a theory for the next life but a call to hope now. Our Easter Joy is a protest against despair in a world that might seem to have gone mad. 
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ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!! 
CHRISTUS RESURREXIT, 
RESURREXIT VERES 
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!!
  CHRIST IS RISEN, 
HE IS RISEN INDEED, 
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!
"Let everyone share this feast of faith; let everyone enjoy the riches of goodness. Let none lament their poverty; for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let none mourn their sins; for forgiveness has dawned from the grave. Let none fear death; for the Saviour's death has set us free"
- St John Chrysostom
Welcome to this week’s C&SI podcast on this Easter Sunday. Blessed Eastertide to all our listeners from the C&SI team!
On this week’s programme we are delighted to welcome back Noirin Lynch, Director of FCJ Spirituality House, Teach Spiorodáltathe in Spanish Point, Co Clare to reflect on Easter Joy in a world gone mad. Noirin reminds us that Easter is not either about stopping in the paid of Good Friday nor at the same time running into the Alleluia’s but more a reminder to us that Easter Joy is the confidence that no matter what, we are in God’s hands. Jesus walked towards the hard stuff – he came down from Tabor and proceeded to Jerusalem and ultimately to Calvary. He stayed and we are also called to stay in solidarity and accompany people in their real lived experiences. The Kingdom of Heaven is not just a theory for the next life but a call to hope now. Our Easter Joy is a protest against despair in a world that might seem to have gone mad. 
In part 1 we have a brief view of the up coming Easter Week and the Octave that we are about to celebrate liturgically as well as some papal odds and ends. 
In part 3, we reflect on Matthew’s account of Easter Morning (Matthew 28:1-10) and the encounter of the Women with the Angels and the Empty Tomb; asking ourselves the question like the women, who is it we are seeking? And do we sometimes forget to leave behind the empty tomb and go out into the world, reminding ourselves not to be afraid!
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We enter into the solemn time of Holy Week this weekend with the celebration of Palm (or Passion) Sunday and the commemoration of the Lord's entry into the holy city of Jerusalem. The week ahead is liturgically intense as Christians commemorate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Saviour of the World. In part two of this weeks podcast Fr Frank Duhig joins John and Shane to reflect on the days of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday taking us through key moments of the liturgies to help us have moments of focus and aid in our understanding of the great events we celebrate.
In part one we have a few notices this week but no saints of the week as Holy Week will take precedence over all other memorials and feast days. 
In part three Fr Frank leads us in a reflection of Matthews account of the entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11) by Jesus on the first Palm Sunday to the cries of "Hosana to the Son of David" ringing in his ears which only a few days later change to cries of "Crucify Him"!  
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We enter into the solemn time of Holy Week this weekend with the celebration of Palm (or Passion) Sunday and the commemoration of the Lord's entry into the holy city of Jerusalem. The week ahead is liturgically intense as Christians commemorate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Saviour of the World. In this weeks podcast excerpt Fr Frank Duhig joins John and Shane to reflect on the days of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday taking us through key moments of the liturgies to help us have moments of focus and aid in our understanding of the great events we celebrate.
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We adore you O Christ and we bless you
Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.
On this weeks podcast excerpt as we journey through the joyous holy season of Lent, we provide a pause moment to reflect on the Stations of the Cross. The Stations are a traditional Lenten devotion walking the Via Dolorosa with Christ, meditating on his Passion and Death. We pray the Stations of the Cross using a version from Trocaire.
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If listeners want to dip back into other reflections we have done in the past on the Stations of the Cross check out the archive on our old blog under the tag - Stations of the Cross.
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