Happy Easter!!!! Have You Encountered Jesus? – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff
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🗓️ 5 April 2026
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Happy Easter!!!! Have You Encountered Jesus?
Gospel JN 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
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| 0:32.7 | Discerninghearts.com presents Building a Kingdom of Love. love, reflections with Monsignor John |
| 0:38.8 | Esif. Monsignor Esif is a priest of the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He has served as a |
| 0:45.9 | retreat director and confessor to St. Teresa of Calcutta. He continues to offer direction and |
| 0:52.0 | retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity. |
| 0:56.2 | Monsignor Asif encountered St. Padre Pio, who would become a spiritual father to him. |
| 1:01.7 | He has lived in areas around the world, serving in the pontifical missions, a Catholic organization established by Pope St. John Paul II |
| 1:11.0 | to bring the good news to the world, especially to the poor. |
| 1:15.7 | He continues to serve as a retreat leader and director to bishops, priests, and sisters, |
| 1:21.5 | seminarians, and other religious leaders. |
| 1:24.5 | Building a Kingdom of Love, Reflections with Monsignor John Essive. I'm your host, Chris McGregor. |
| 1:33.0 | Welcome, Monsignor. Thank you. Thank you, Chris. It's such a joy to share with you the days of the |
| 1:43.7 | pastoral mysteries. |
| 1:45.0 | These mysteries go on in every baptized, confirmed soul. |
| 1:51.0 | If you are listening, this is not something of a historical event, |
| 1:57.0 | which was an historical event, that is that Jesus suffered on the cross, was crucified and nailed to the cross, and died. |
| 2:09.1 | On that day that we call Friday, that is good, good Friday, because that was the salvation of our souls. He suffered and he died. And he was dead. |
| 2:23.7 | It didn't appear as if he was dead. He was dead. And the soldier's lance pierced his heart, |
| 2:29.1 | and out of his heart came blood and water, the symbols of our baptism, so that we emerged from the side of |
| 2:40.1 | Christ, that is the church, you and me, united to him as Adam and Eve, that Eve came forth |
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