The Easter Mysteries 0824514939

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EASTER MYSTERIES

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1995 The Crossroad Publishing Company 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Copyright © 1995 by Beatrice Bruteau All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of The Crossroad Publishing Company. Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bruteau, Beatrice, 1930The Easter mysteries / Beatrice Bruteau.

p- cm. ISBN 0-8245-1493-9 (pbk.) 1. Lent—Prayer-books and devotions—English. 2. Paschal mystery— Prayer-books and devotions—English. 3. Catholic Church—Prayerbooks and devotions—English. I. Title. BX2170.14B78

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CONTENTS

% PREFACE One

‘THE SACRED MYSTERIES

Two

PRAYER AND FASTING

30

OUR SECRET SELF

49

JOINING GOD’s UNIVERSAL, IMPARTIAL,

59

Three Four

CREATIVE LOVE Five

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THE Bopy OF CHRIST

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THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY AS THE WAY OF THE CROSS

91

Seven

‘THE DEATH OF THE WORD

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Eight

THE GREAT SABBATH

132

Nine

BAPTISMAL TRANSFORMATION

147

THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY

167

Ten

EPILOGUE

185

NOTES

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