Dear Parishioners and Easter Sunday
Guests:
Happy Easter! Jesus Christ is Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
As we celebrate the Good News of the
Resurrection of Jesus, we are invited to realize that what God has accomplished
in Him, by the power of the same Spirit Who raised Jesus from the dead, He will
do also for us. We are destined to a
Life beyond this life and that makes all the difference.
The Resurrection of Jesus is not one
of those “feel good” stories that we can only wish would be true. It is the Story that is “more true” than all
the others. It is the Story that tells
us that our lives have a purpose and a meaning so that we can put our trust in
life itself and in the God Who created us.
The Resurrection of Jesus and the consequences that flow from it show us
the plan God has had in mind for us from the moment He created us.
Putting our Faith in Jesus the Risen
Lord is the best response of our human nature.
Hope and a capacity to love with God’s own Love are ours through this
Faith. People of Faith are called to
serve the Risen Lord as witnesses to the Resurrection now more than ever. How does your Faith that God raised Jesus
from the dead change the way you view what happens in the world? Are you able to see beyond the troubles of
the present circumstances in which we live to the Life beyond life that is
opened to us through the Resurrection of Jesus?
As we live the Easter Season, the
fifty days that now unfold ahead of us, let us continue to grow in our capacity
for an ever deeper understanding of our Faith.
This is the Season of the Holy Spirit.
May we be docile to the Spirit Who raised Jesus from the dead and so be
formed by the New Life that is poured into our hearts through Jesus Christ, our
Risen Lord.
Please keep me in your prayers
during Easter Week. I will be taking my
annual retreat. This year, I am joining
priests who are members of the Focolare Movement at Mariapolis Luminosa in Hyde Park , New York
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