Thursday, May 2, 2019

A Word from Your Pastor April 21 - Easter Sunday



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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