This reflection discusses Easter and the resurrection of Christ from a Christian perspective. It explores how Christ has overcome death and is alive, calling believers to have faith in Him and to open their hearts to see Him. It encourages readers to follow Christ's example and give witness to Him in the world.

1. He is Risen and
Goes Before Us
A Reflection on Easter
By. Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart  USA Province
305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270  Aurora, IL 60507
(630) 892-2371  info@misacor-usa.org

2. Our faith is not
in one who is
dead, but
rather in one
who has
overcome
death and is
alive!

3. Christ is our light in the darkness.

4. Christ is the word
made flesh.

5. Christ is the beginning
of a new creation,

6. regenerating waters of new life.

7. Christ is the food of the paschal banquet of
freedom and reconciliation.

8. We receive his
forgiving love for
us in Baptism and
pass with him from
death to life.

9. Our true destiny
is to live in the
image and
likeness of God;
to be light for the
world.

10. Our call is to contemplate the word of God
and to give it flesh; to live it!

11. Our baptismal
call is to be a
holy,
prophetic,
priestly and
royal people.

12. Our sharing in the
paschal banquet

13. calls us to give our lives to feed, free and
reconcile all peoples.

14. Humanity is
seeking
desperately to
re-discover its
divine heritage
and final end.

15. The risen Lord
calls us to
believe what he
has told us;

16. to open the eyes of our hearts to see him;

17. and to follow him
who goes before
each of us to
Galilee - to the
world

18. and give
witness to
him.

19. We hope you enjoyed this reflection.
If you would like to read other reflections by
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The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart  USA Province
305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270  Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371  info@misacor-usa.org

20. Photo Credits
• Background for many slides: Violet 2 by emma ivanova via
PublicDomainPictures.net
• Slide 1: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 2: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 3: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 4: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 5: Photo © Geoffrey Holman via
istockphoto.com/ZargonDesign
• Slide 6: Photo by Jani Ravas via www.PublicDomainPictures.net
• Slide 7: Images from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 8: Clipart from Microsoft Office Images, used with permission
from Microsoft.
Photos are for illustration only.

21. Photo Credits
• Slide 9: Photo © Florea Marius Catalin via
istockphoto.com/mariusFM77
• Slide 10: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon; Photo ©
Dennis Hoyne via www.istockphoto.com
• Slides 11: Image from Microsoft Office Images, used with
permission from Microsoft.
• Slide 12: Photo by Daniel Wagner, nephew of Br. Joseph Tesar, MSC
(taken in Papua New Guinea)
• Slide 13: Photo © james steidl via www.istockphoto.com/jgroup
• Slide 14: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 15: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon
• Slide 16: Image of the Sacred Heart, from Missionaries of the
Sacred Heart
Photos are for illustration only.

22. Photo Credits
• Slide 17: Image from Microsoft Office Images, used with permission
from Microsoft.
• Slide 18: Photos are of members of the Missionaries of the Sacred
Heart (All Rights Reserved):
– Upper right: Fr. Richard Kennedy, MSC teaching English to Grade 12 students
in Papua New Guinea
– Lower left: Frank Natale, MSC and Br. Jim Miller, MSC, help organize books to
be donated
– Lower right: Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC distributes emergency food supplies to
families in Colombia affected by the heavy flooding (January 2012)
Photos are for illustration only. The photos on slide 18
depict members of the Missionaries of the Sacred
Heart USA Province.