Easter 2025: He is Risen!

WE CONFESS YOUR RESURRECTION
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST,
GREETINGS AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF YOU DURING THIS SPECIAL JUBILEE YEAR OF HOPE. THE REFRAIN THAT RESONATES FOR US TODAY IS VERY SIMPLE: “CHRIST IS RISEN! – TRULY HE IS RISEN!”
IT IS A SIMPLE PHRASE, BUT IT ECHOES IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS AND CARRIES A WORLD OF HOPE WITH IT.
GO OUT AND SING YOUR EASTER ALLELUIAS WITH A JOYFUL HEART! THE FIRST LETTER OF PETER TELLS US, “ALWAYS BE READY TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE HOPE THAT IS WITHIN YOU.” THAT’S EASIER TO DO WHEN
ALL IS WELL, AT A TIME OF SUCCESS, HEALTH, AND WHOLENESS. CHRISTIAN HOPE IS LOCATED PRECISELY THERE. AND IT IS FOR BACH OF US, THROUGH THE EXES OF FAITH, TO LEARN TO INTERPRET OUR LIVES IN LIGHT OF WHAT GOD REVEALS THERE. GOD WALKS WITH US IN THE HUMAN CONDITION IN ALL ITS BEAUTY AND ITS BROKENNESS. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WALKS WITH US WHEN WE OURSELVES EXPERIENCE SUFFERING,
DARKNESS, ABANDONMENT, AND ULTIMATELY DEATH.

ON EASTER MORNING, WE ARE REASSURED THAT CHRIST LIVES AND GIVES US NEW LIFE. AND YOU AND I, LIVING WITH THẤT HOPE, WITH THAT LENS OF WHAT GOD IS DOING, ARE SET FREE IN JOY, FREE TO LIVE AND LOVE AS JESUS DID, KNOWING THAT
HIs RISEN PRESENCE IS WITH US ALWAYS. MAY THE RISEN CHRIST BLESS EACH OF YOU WITH HIS PEACE AND JOY. I WILL BE REMEMBERING EACH OF YOU IN MY EASTER
MASSES AND PRAYERS AND ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER ME IN YOURS. HAVE A BLESSED EASTER!