Issues, Etc. Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (One Year Lectionary): Second Sunday of Easter – Dr. John Bombaro, 4/9/26 (0991)
Apr 9, 2026
Dr. John Bombaro, senior pastor and U.S. Navy chaplain, offers liturgical and lectionary reflections. He explores Quasimodogeniti and the Easter octave. He links baptism, Eucharist, and resurrection imagery from Ezekiel, Psalm 33, and 1 John. He examines John 20, apostolic commissioning, and the hymn of resurrection assurance.
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Quasimodogeniti Emphasizes New Baptized Life
- Quasimodogeniti Sunday highlights new baptized Christians as spiritual infants craving nourishment from Word and sacraments.
- John Bombaro ties the name to 1 Peter 2:2 and historical practice of neophytes wearing white robes for the Easter week.
Introit Connects Word and Sacrament As Nourishment
- The Introit links 1 Peter's image of infants craving milk with both Scripture and sacramental nourishment.
- Bombaro notes early fathers like Clement equated Eucharist with milk and connects Psalm 81:16's "honey from the rock" to Christ as the rock.
Dry Bones Foreshadow Resurrection And Baptism
- Ezekiel's valley of dry bones prefigures Christ's resurrection, new covenant, and baptismal regeneration.
- Bombaro links the breath/ruach to creation and the earthquake imagery to the tombs opening at Jesus' death (Matt 27:51–54).
