Pastor Note for Easter Sunday
He
is Risen. Let us rejoice!
“Christ broke the prison bars of death,” the Exultet of the Easter Vigil proclaims,
and Christ’s “Glory floods the earth,” we hear. The Exultet tells us that Christ continually purifies us of our
weaknesses and failures, all that is sinful within us. Christ does that for us
as individuals and Christ does that for us as a Church. We hear in the
prophetic Scriptures, “He shall purify” (Malachi 3:3). That is Good News of the
greatest magnitude. None of us has yet experienced the fullness of the Resurrection
so it can be difficult for us to comprehend this mystery. But we have hints of it
whenever we are renewed by encouragement or hope in the midst of all our
losses, all our griefs. Let us ‘strain forward’ (Philippians 3:16), as St. Paul
says, choosing the hope, peace and confidence that only the Risen Christ can give
us! May we choose this Eastertide to recognize these ‘risen moments’ in our
lives for the Greater Glory of God. Alleluia!
Father Al
