Easter Water

Published on April 6, 2021

Easter Water is blessed at the Easter Vigil Mass as the Easter Candle is lowered into the water three times, representing the death and rebirth of the Christ. You may like to bless your home and family with it.

A Prayer of Blessing from the Ritual: Let us now pray that the Lord will enter our home and bless it with his presence. May the lord always be here among us, deepen our love for each other, share in our joys, and comfort us in our sorrows. May our home be a place of love, filled with the goodness of the Lord. Amen.

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Reflection

Following one’s vocation is a response from within to the needs outside us. A vocation meets the human needs of the world but with a motivation from within. We care for our children and grandchildren not just because they are sick or insecure, but because we love them. this love will move us out to help them in various situations. We find a call to be ‘people for others’ because our heart teaches us that with Jesus we are all brothers and sisters, and that God wants to save the world, and needs our help to do so. This is the Sunday we all pray that our particular vocation in life may become clear and may become stronger. God calls each of us to love God and love our neighbour. This is the first Christian calling at our Baptism; we then find the best way for each of us with our own particular set of gifts, talents and even weaknesses to live out that call to love. We think especially today of religious life and priesthood. There are needs for priests, sisters and brothers in most parts of the world. as a community in families and parishes we thank those who have given their lives in these vocations and pray they may increase.