Happy Easter!!!

A Happy and Blessed Easter to you!!! Easter Triduum in the parishes were wonderful celebrations. Our parish communities welcomed four new members at the Easter Vigil. The Easter Sunday Masses were also beautiful celebrations with a good number in attendance. As I told those gathered, "The glory of the resurrection is what we celebrate every Sunday!" This is a beautiful time of the year for us and we thank God for the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ, who is truly risen from the dead. Amen! Alleluia!!! At the Easter Masses, I shared this quote from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, and it seems to sum up our Easter celebration very well: "Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered. Through Jesus we do know 'the room where exiled love lays down its victory.' He himself is this place, and he calls us to keep this place open within the world so that he, the exiled love, may reappear over and over in the world... God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed" (Magnificat, 249). The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the beauty of our faith that we live and share everyday! Blessings to us during this Easter Time.