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As I bowed before His Precious Blood, He raised me up, because that holy Easter night was a time for joy, not penance.

I saw, on Good Friday, that Christ had truly been "pierced through" for our faults.

One Palm Sunday I saw within my soul Our Lord's terrible cry from the cross. We who are weak can be certain that He has shared our weakness, though not our sinfulness.

"By His Holy and Glorious Wounds". At the Easter Vigil Mass, I offered the one truly perfect prayer: Christ's own prayer, at the altar.

Our Blessed Lady is present with us at our Easter celebration. With the whole of Heaven, she listens to the praise offered to Her divine son.

As the priest stretched out his hand to bless the water in the font, at Easter, God the Father stretched out His hand and touched the water.

As the priest stretched out his hand to bless the water in the font, at Easter, God the Father stretched out His hand and touched the water.

Christ rose from the tomb in glory at Easter, transformed, as if in a blazing fire of charity, as the Holy Spirit delivered him from death's bondage.

Christ rose from the tomb in glory at Easter, transformed, as if in a blazing fire of charity, as the Holy Spirit delivered him from death's bondage.

Our Blessed Lady was with me, with her Son, offering an Easter greeting. They were both delighted by my joy at seeing them, and my joy at knowing they are happy in Heaven.

At the Easter Vigil, Christ leaned over my chair, showing how delighted He was to be with me, and at my desire to please Him, to live at peace with everyone, and to make Him widely known and loved.

At the Easter Vigil, Christ leaned over my chair, showing how delighted He was to be with me, and at my desire to please Him, to live at peace with everyone, and to make Him widely known and loved.

At the Easter Mass, I said that I wished I had known her better. Then Our Lady was beside me, greeting me, delighting in my joy.

Everything in a priest's life should pale into insignificance when set beside the supreme task of saving souls and leading them towards an everlasting Easter. No personal or private ambition or scheme must intrude.

On the evening of Holy Thursday, when we have gathered to celebrate the Mass of the Last Supper, Christ becomes Present amongst us; and He is touched to the heart by our devotion. We were not forced to attend; but we are aware of what He once suffered in His Passion, for our sakes. He is pleased that we prove our love by coming to be with Him in this special way.

Christ looks upon the faithful people who have come to the 'Mass of the Lord's Supper' on Holy Thursday: people only there because they love Him, Who suffered to save us. We touch His heart by our devotion, right up to the stripping of the altar, when we prepare to accompany Christ to Gethsemane.