Livestream/Mass Information for Easter Sunday April 20, 2025
Hymn Lyrics Easter Sunday April 20, 2025
Easter 2025
If you’ve ever wondered why Easter for Catholics is so special, here’s the truth: it’s not just a holy day—it’s THE holy day. It’s the moment everything hinges on. Without Easter, our faith would be a nice collection of teachings and traditions—but with Easter? It’s power, purpose, and the promise of forever.
Let’s step back first. Before Easter became what we celebrate today—flowers, vigil candles, choirs belting “Alleluia” after a long silence—it had a quiet, raw beginning. The earliest Christians didn’t have formal calendars or churches. They met in homes, shared bread and wine and told the story again and again: that Jesus died, was buried, and on the third day… He rose. That’s it. That was the center. This event: Jesus’ life-giving death and glorious resurrection forever changed our world.
Why Easter is the Holiest Day of the Year
Easter is not just one important feast. It’s the reason we have Sunday Mass at all. Every Sunday—every single one—is a “little Easter,” a weekly mini-celebration of the resurrection. That’s why Catholics are called to worship every Sunday: we’re not just fulfilling a rule—we’re stepping into the story again. Every time we hear “This is my body, given up for you,” we’re reminded: this is real. It happened. And it’s happening still.
The resurrection isn’t a metaphor or a feel-good myth. It’s the moment Jesus crushed death underfoot and turned a torture device—the Cross—into a throne of glory. That’s why Easter doesn’t end on Easter Sunday. It explodes into eight full days (the Octave), and stretches into the Easter Season, fifty days of joy. It’s not just about one morning at the tomb. It’s about what it means for all our mornings and all our tombs.
Easter Vigil – April 19th at 7:30 pm
Easter Sunday – Sunrise Mass at 6:00 am followed by Easter Masses at 8:00 am and 10:00 am and 12 noon
Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27th – 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Novena begins on Good Friday and concludes on Easter Saturday. Divine Mercy Sunday – Exposition and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Act of Entrustment of the World to Divine Mercy, praying the Rosary and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
YouTube link for Good Friday Service at 1:30 pm
https://youtube.com/live/JvARfWqUS4o?feature=share
YouTube link for Easter Sunday 10:00 am Mass:
https://youtube.com/live/azJzTGmhBpM?feature=share
You are welcome to watch on YouTube either live or later that afternoon or evening
