Happy Easter! Alleluias
can now burst forth after having been held back through the season of
Lent. May the joy of the Resurrection
fill your heart and soul.
We have observed 40 Days of Fasting in preparation for this
time. Now we are to celebrate 50 Days of
Feasting. Easter calls for an observance
as full of exuberance as Lent was full of its disciplines.
Prayer opens out to shouts of praise and joy and gladness. Fasting and abstinence give way to communion
and engagement in the delights of human interaction. Almsgiving leads now to the renewed
commitment to share the very Life of God with the world.
How will your celebration of Easter make known to others
that you are serious about your Faith in the Resurrection? Spring will remind us that even the earthly
realm can experience new life. Can we
learn better how to engage in the Dance of Life made possible by what Jesus
Christ has accomplished, by His victory over sin and death?
This week, as I participate in my annual Easter Week
Retreat with priests associated with the Focolare Movement, we welcome Msgr.
Bill Dunn to St. Timothy Church for the daily Masses of the Octave of Easter. Msgr. Dunn was my first pastor after
ordination to the priesthood and I am grateful for his assistance in St.
Timothy Parish from time to time when I am away. Msgr. Dunn and many other “retired” priests
of the Diocese of Columbus keep our people fed and nourished in the life of the
Spirit even though they have set aside the duties of “administrivia.” They work
as hard or even harder than they ever did, but they don’t have to do the
paperwork! We owe them a debt of
gratitude.
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