Saturday, April 15 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

You have taken your stand on the rock of the faith in the Resurrection. Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that are asleep (1 Corinthians 15:20); — and He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; for if you believe not the one witness, you have twelve witnesses. Then He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at once (1 Corinthians 15:5-6); if they disbelieve the twelve, let them admit the five hundred. Peter and John, and Thomas, and all the rest of the Apostles; some of whom ran to the sepulchre, and saw the burial-clothes, in which He was wrapped before, lying there after the Resurrection; and others handled His hands and His feet, and beheld the prints of the nails; and all profitted from the Breath of the Saviour, and were counted worthy to forgive sins in the power of the Holy Ghost. Women too were witnesses, who took hold of His feet, and who beheld the mighty earthquake, and the radiance of the Angel who stood by: the linen clothes also which were wrapped about Him, and which He left when He rose. Peter also bears witness, who had erst denied Him thrice, and who then thrice confessed Him; and was commanded to feed His spiritual sheep. You have therefore many witnesses!

Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team