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Welcome to our Eastertide Retreats page. You are welcome to use these resources in whichever way you find most helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting started<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The retreat is divided into sections. You can use them over a day, over several days or weeks, by yourself or with others. This section has some useful tools to help you start your retreat. Here are some ideas for creating sacred space and for praying with scripture. They can be used individually or with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating sacred space<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
praying with scripture<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lectio-Divina<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A new dawn.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Eastertide is my favourite season and, I think, the hardest season to get a grasp of. Coming at the end of the emotional rollercoaster of Holy week and the Triduum it can sometimes feel overwhelming. There is so much about resurrection that is beyond our grasp and our understanding. We can understand the need for repentance that Lent speaks of, we \u201cget\u201d the suffering and pain of Holy Week because both of those resonate deeply with our own personal experiences. It\u2019s harder to say that about resurrection, though it might be just as true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m always grateful that Eastertide is such a long season. As it touches all the deep truths of our faith we need space and time to let that sink in. It gives me a chance to revisit the Easter Gospels after the excitement and emotion of the Triduum and Easter vigil have been allowed to settle down. Returning to the accounts of the resurrection later in Eastertide often brings to light valuable treasures that I missed earlier in the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we\u2019ve celebrated a second Easter in the shadow of the Covid 19 pandemic and the suffering it\u2019s causing I\u2019ve had to adjust my impresseion of the Easter Gospels. They are not the stories of unalloyed joy, delight and hope that I tend to assume they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, they present a much more mixed reality than that. From the very first moment when Mary Magdalene steps out into the dark of the early morning the disciples experience a whole range of emotions. They go through darkness and light, uncertainty, disbelief fear and guilt as well as joy and delight as the reality of the resurrection begins to dawn in their hearts. I\u2019m always struck by how often in these resurrection appearances Jesus starts his conversation by saying \u201cpeace be with you\u201d, a response, I think, to the turmoil he recognises in his disciples hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Opening prayer<\/strong>:
Risen Christ, come into our lives. May the light of your resurrection set us free, transform our hearts and bring us into new life. who lives and reigns with the Father and the Spirit. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Begin your retreat by watching the video. There are some questions for reflection and a copy of the text below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n