Children's Liturgy, Sunday April 16th 2006 Easter Sunday

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Easter Sunday 2006

We made an Easter card for our friends at St. Joseph's.





	Today our cross was covered with a white cloth to show that Jesus is risen from the dead.



Father John showed us the model, made by the ladies who arrange the flowers, of the tomb where Jesus was placed after the crucifixion.



He told us that St. John , in his Gospel, describes what happened on Easter morning. The night before, John had helped Mary, Jesus' Mother, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus to wash Jesus' body and wrap it in winding cloths. Now, John went with Peter to visit the tomb once more, but found that there was no longer a body inside. All he saw were the cloths in which Jesus had been wrapped, the cloth which had been around Jesus' head lying separately. The cloths had not been unwound, but were empty. He realised that the resurrection had taken place. John says 'he saw and he believed'. These are the most important words in the Bible.