{"id":21831,"date":"2021-04-16T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/?p=21831"},"modified":"2021-05-07T16:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:45:58","slug":"joy-of-the-easter-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/16\/joy-of-the-easter-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy of the Easter Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21831\" class=\"elementor elementor-21831\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a682f85 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a682f85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a3462c4\" data-id=\"1a3462c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a803cf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a803cf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/resurrexit-aleluia.png?fit=800%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21845\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/resurrexit-aleluia.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/resurrexit-aleluia.png?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/resurrexit-aleluia.png?resize=768%2C341&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-583945a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"583945a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ebb9ea9\" data-id=\"1ebb9ea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a084f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39a084f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cResurrexit Sicut Dixit!\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c741b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c741b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Christ is risen from the dead! Allelulia!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">\u00a0 Just as the joy of the Easter season permeates every part of the liturgy of the Church during these days of Eastertide, so too, for the Christian, should the joy of the Resurrection penetrate every part of our lives.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">The Easter season begins with Easter Sunday and continues with exuberant joy for 50 days, ending with the celebration of Pentecost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4944ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4944ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/La_Resurrection-p5t2b1t6awrle4wjpdjxlin275yi4j3voqyrrv63ws.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"La_R\u00e9surrection\" alt=\"La R\u00e9surrection by Andrea Mantegna (1457-1459)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">La R\u00e9surrection by Andrea Mantegna (1457-1459)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b203738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b203738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Look to him that you may be radiant with joy!<\/em> (Ps 34:6)\u00a0 As we look toward the Risen Christ, as a people of Faith, we should be filled with joy, knowing that Christ has conquered sin and death, has overcome the world and opened to us the doors of salvation.<\/p><p><em>In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world!<\/em> (Jn 16:33) The sufferings of this life continue, but they are but a brief moment in comparison to the glory that awaits the faithful in heaven. Our joy comes from this assurance!<\/p><p>We share with you Easter greetings from our missionaries from all around the globe!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773bd5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"773bd5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/OVwcgv3fNNY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb4e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdb4e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Whatever the Cross touches, bears fruit.&#8221;(<em>Donde la Cruz toca da fruto.<\/em>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9ef8c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9ef8c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We ask our Blessed Mother for the grace to be filled with the joy of this season!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f340b90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6f340b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cResurrexit Sicut Dixit!\u201d Christ is risen from the dead! Allelulia!\u00a0 Just as the joy of the Easter season permeates every part of the liturgy of the Church during these days of Eastertide, so too, for the Christian, should the joy of the Resurrection penetrate every part of our lives. The Easter season begins with Easter&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/16\/joy-of-the-easter-season\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joy of the Easter Season<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2268],"tags":[1765,2287,2289,688,2288],"class_list":["post-21831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2268","tag-easter-joy","tag-easter-season","tag-religious-family-greetings","tag-resurrection","tag-spirit-of-joy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mantegna_Andrea_-_La_Resurrection_-_1457-1459.jpg?fit=714%2C714&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21831"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21866,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21831\/revisions\/21866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}