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In the Old Testament reading for the Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Moses speaks to God’s people. He speaks about being good, of loving God and of keeping his commandments. If God’s people do this he says, ‘the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to make your own.’ In the Gospel Jesus speaks of the hardship of being his follower.

In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were… Jesus came and stood among them… Eight days later, the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them.’ [See John 20:19-31]

Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord – John 20:1-9

1 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb.

The Day of Prayer for Family Life is celebrated on the Feast of the Annunciation, which usually takes place on 25 March, nine months before Christmas. When it falls during Holy Week, it is usually moved, as in 2024, with an observance on 8 April.

During the month of April 2024 Pope Francis’ intention is: for the role of women. We pray that the dignity and immense value of women be recognised in every culture, and for the end of discrimination that they experience in different parts of the world.