Lent and Holy Week have passed, we have celebrated the institution of the Eucharist and have marveled at the Risen Lord on Easter Sunday. Now as Christians enter the Easter Season, we are called to deepen and extend our celebration of Christ's resurrection, ascension, and the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The early Church celebrated the Resurrection for a full fifty days, from Easter Sunday through the Feast of Christ's Ascension forty days later and then another ten days until the feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
During Lent many of us have developed the habit of reading more scripture or writings from the Early Church Fathers, this Easter Library section is the perfect way of continuing this during Eastertide. Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox should come together in this paschal season of Eastertite to proclaim together the victory of Jesus Christ over sin and death and nourish their faith by contact with vibrant resources from the earliest days of the Church.
This Easter Season we will be adding even more wonderful and inspiring articles from Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, The Early Church Fathers, Doctors of the Church and others, so be sure to check back often to discover new insight into your Christian faith.
| Title | Author | Excerpt | Download |
| Abundant Life From the Good Shepherd | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Action and Contemplation-Augustine | St . Augustine of Hippo | Yes | |
| Anointing with chrism and the Holy Spirit -- Cyril of Jerusalem on Confirmation | St. Cyril of Jerusalem | Yes | Download |
| Ascension of Christ - St. Augustine | St . Augustine of Hippo | Yes | Download |
| Ascension of Christ and the New Evangelization | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Ascension of Christ Increases Faith - Leo the Great | St. Leo the Great | Yes | |
| Baptism as Illumination in the Early Church -- St. Justin Martyr | St. Justin, Martyr | Yes | Download |
| Baptism is a Symbol of Christ's Passion - St. Cyril of Jerusalem | St. Cyril of Jerusalem | Yes | Download |
| Bearing Much Fruit | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | |
| Between Resurrection and Ascension-St Leo the Great | St. Leo the Great | Yes | |
| Body of Christ Gives Life-St. Cyril of Alexandria | St. Cyril of Alexandria | Yes | Download |
| Born Again in Water and Spirit-St. Basil | St. Basil the Great | Yes | Download |
| Celebrating the Paschal Feast-Athanasius | St. Athanasius | Yes | Download |
| Charisms of the Holy Spirit and the Sacrament of Confirmation | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Chosen Race, Royal Priesthood -- St. Bede | St. Bede the Venerable | Yes | Download |
| Christ is Risen-Maximus of Turin | St. Maximus of Turin | Yes | |
| Christ Lives in His Church-St. Leo the Great | St. Leo the Great | Yes | Download |
| Christ's Resurrection, Our Sure Hope-St Cyril | St. Cyril of Alexandria | Yes | |
| Christ, Crisis, and Controversy | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Divine Mercy Sunday and the Sacrament of Mercy | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Divine Providence and Murphy's Law -- the Role of Trials | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Doubting Thomas | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Easter - The Meaning of the Feast | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Easter Alleluia-St Augustine | St . Augustine of Hippo | Yes | Download |
| Easter Ghost - 3rd Sunday of Easter | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Easter Octave, Baptism as New Creation in Christ - Augustine | St . Augustine of Hippo | Yes | Download |
| Easter Paschal Homily-John Chrysostom | St. John Chrysostom | Yes | Download |
| Easter Praise of Christ -- Melito of Sardis | St. Melito of Sardis | Yes | Download |
| Easter Sunday & Aslan | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Emmaus Road- Journey From Despair to Joy | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Eucharist as Pledge of Resurrection-St. Irenaeus | St. Irenaeus of Lyons | Yes | Download |
| Eucharist, Our Sustenance -- St. Gaudentius | St. Gaudentius | Yes | Download |
| Exultet -- The Easter Proclamation | Anonymous | No | Download |
| First Fruits of the Resurrection - Irenaeus | St. Irenaeus of Lyons | Yes | Download |
| Firstborn of Many Brothers-Isaac of Stella | Isaac of Stella | No | |
| Glorified Through the Cross--St. Anastasius | Saint Anastasius | Yes | Download |
| Glory of the Holy Spirit-Gregory of Nyssa | St. Gregory of Nyssa | Yes | |
| God Became Man to Redeem Us-St. Athanasius | St. Athanasius | Yes | |
| Gospel Readings for Easter Week | Various | No | |
| Heaven's Green Pastures--Gregory the Great | St. Gregory the Great | Yes | Download |
| High-profile Muslim baptized by Pope - CNA | Various | No | |
| Holy Spirit - The Paraclete | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | Yes | Download |
| Holy Spirit as Living Water- St. Cyril of Jerusalem | St. Cyril of Jerusalem | Yes | Download |
| Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Homily | Pope Benedict XVI | No | Download |
| Holy Week and Triduum Devotions | Various | No | Download |
| I Am the Vine, You are the Branches - Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II | No | |
| I am the Vine-St Cyril | St. Cyril of Alexandria | Yes | Download |
| Jerusalem Catecheses 1-12 Cyril of Jerusalem | St. Cyril of Jerusalem | No | |
| Jerusalem Catecheses 12-24 Cyril of Jerusalem | St. Cyril of Jerusalem | No | |
| Jesus Ascends the Throne-the Ascension | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Jesus Christ Conqueror of Death-St. Ephrem | St. Ephrem the Syrian | Yes | Download |
| Liturgy in 4th Century Jerusalem-The Travels of Egeria | Various | Yes | Download |
| Love Unlimited - 6th Sunday of Easter | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| New Commandment of Love-Augustine | St . Augustine of Hippo | Yes | |
| Oh Ye of Little Faith - Doubting Thomas | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| On the Passover-Melito of Sardis | St. Melito of Sardis | No | |
| One Body One Spirit-Cyril of Alexandria | St. Cyril of Alexandria | No | |
| Papacy and Peter's Unique Role | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Pentecost and the Sending of the Holy Spirit -- St. Irenaeus | St. Irenaeus of Lyons | Yes | |
| Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit | Anonymous | No | Download |
| Precious and Life-Giving Cross -- St. Theodore | St. Theodore the Studite | Yes | Download |
| Predestination, Free Will, and Grace | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Priesthood of the Christian -- Peter Chrysologus on Baptism and Confirmation | St. Peter Chrysologus | Yes | Download |
| Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist in the Early Church--St. Cyril of Jerusalem | St. Cyril of Jerusalem | Yes | Download |
| Reconciliation and the Prodigal Son | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Sacrament of Confirmation: its importance and Meaning to the Early Church Fathers | Various | Yes | Download |
| Sacrament of Unity-St. Fulgentius of Ruspe | St. Fulgentius of Ruspe | Yes | Download |
| Sing to the Lord a New Song - St. Augustine | St . Augustine of Hippo | Yes | Download |
| Spirit of Truth-St Hilary | St. Hilary of Poitiers | Yes | |
| Spiritual Passover - Pseudo Chrysostom | Various | No | Download |
| Sr. Faustina Kowalska and Divine Mercy- Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II | No | Download |
| Sunday Eucharist in the Early Church-St. Justin Martyr | St. Justin, Martyr | Yes | Download |
| The Easter Festival | Anonymous | Yes | Download |
| The Origins of the Papacy -- Peter do you Love Me? | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| This is the Day the Lord has Made-Gregory of Nyssa | St. Gregory of Nyssa | Yes | |
| Titles of the Holy Spirit - Keith A. Fournier | Keith A. Fournier | Yes | Download |
| Unless a Grain of Wheat | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Way, Truth, and Life - Jesus Only | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio | No | Download |
| Whole World Has Been Saved - St. Cyril of Alexandria | St. Cyril of Alexandria | Yes | |
| Work of the Holy Spirit-Didymus of Alexandria | Various | Yes | |
| Works of the Holy Spirit - St. Basil the Great | St. Basil the Great | Yes | Download |
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