C&SI - Easter joy in a world gone mad - 5 April 2026 (S06E20)

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!! 
CHRISTUS RESURREXIT, 
RESURREXIT VERES 
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!!
  CHRIST IS RISEN, 
HE IS RISEN INDEED, 
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!

"Let everyone share this feast of faith; let everyone enjoy the riches of goodness. Let none lament their poverty; for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let none mourn their sins; for forgiveness has dawned from the grave. Let none fear death; for the Saviour's death has set us free"

- St John Chrysostom

Welcome to this week’s C&SI podcast on this Easter Sunday. Blessed Eastertide to all our listeners from the C&SI team!

On this week’s programme we are delighted to welcome back Noirin Lynch, Director of FCJ Spirituality House, Teach Spiorodáltathe in Spanish Point, Co Clare to reflect on Easter Joy in a world gone mad. Noirin reminds us that Easter is not either about stopping in the paid of Good Friday nor at the same time running into the Alleluia’s but more a reminder to us that Easter Joy is the confidence that no matter what, we are in God’s hands. Jesus walked towards the hard stuff – he came down from Tabor and proceeded to Jerusalem and ultimately to Calvary. He stayed and we are also called to stay in solidarity and accompany people in their real lived experiences. The Kingdom of Heaven is not just a theory for the next life but a call to hope now. Our Easter Joy is a protest against despair in a world that might seem to have gone mad. 

In part 1 we have a brief view of the up coming Easter Week and the Octave that we are about to celebrate liturgically as well as some papal odds and ends. 

In part 3, we reflect on Matthew’s account of Easter Morning (Matthew 28:1-10) and the encounter of the Women with the Angels and the Empty Tomb; asking ourselves the question like the women, who is it we are seeking? And do we sometimes forget to leave behind the empty tomb and go out into the world, reminding ourselves not to be afraid!

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