Happy Easter Everyone
What a joy that so many will gather in person for Easter this year! I recall last year recording Easter Mass to an IPad and then, with the help of wonderful parishioners, getting it sent out on YouTube for our parishioners. It was sad for you and me, it was difficult for you and me, it was lonely for you and me to have to do this and yet, it was still Easter! Yes, we commemorated the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, recalled the promise and gift of eternal life for all…… and yet, as we know, there was something missing from that celebration.
Now we are back (more or less) in person to be reminded that our Risen Lord is with us always and wants us to be His witnesses to new life and to join him in eternity when our time comes. Here is the Opening Prayer for Easter Sunday Mass:
“O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten Son,
have conquered death and unlocked for us the path to eternity,
grant, we pray, that we who keep the Solemnity
of the Lord’s Resurrection
may, through the renewal brought by your Holy Spirit,
rise up in the light of life.”
I pray that the renewal brought by the Holy Spirit in the Lenten Season will flourish now in the Easter Season by our words, deeds, actions, speech, outreach, and by living the great hope that is ours in Jesus Christ our Lord. He is Risen. Alleluia. Truly He is Risen. Alleluia!
Msgr. John Urell
