" (...) during Sunday Mass. Christians relive with particular intensity, experience of the Apostles on the evening of Easter when the Risen Lord appeared to them all gathered in one place (cf. Jn 20, 19). In this small community of disciples, the seed of the Church, was present in some way the people of God all the time. By their testimony every generation of believers can hear the echo Greetings Christ, bringing the messianic gift of peace, which he bought for the price of his blood and offered with his Spirit: "Peace be with you" re coming of Christ in the pupils' after eight days "(Jn 20, 26) can be seen as a primordial image of the Christian community , which gathers every eight days, the Lord's day or on Sunday to profess faith in his resurrection, and reap the fruits of its promised blessings: "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe" (Jn 20, 29). "
Apostolic Letter Dies Domini
Apostolic Letter Dies Domini
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