April 20, 2025 - Easter Sunday
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
“He is Risen! Alleluia!”
Today, we find ourselves standing at the threshold of an empty tomb, filled with wonder and awe. Easter is not just a celebration of an event long ago — it is the profound reminder that Christ’s victory over death is real for us today. His Resurrection opens a new path for all people of good will, a path of life, of hope, of endless mercy.
In today’s Gospel (John 20:1-9), Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb in the early morning darkness. She is grieving, confused, searching — and it is precisely there, in the midst of her sorrow, that the first light of Easter breaks forth. The stone has been rolled away. The tomb is empty. Something new, something unimaginable, has happened.
Easter invites us to bring our own sorrows, doubts, and fears into the light of the Resurrection. Jesus meets us not when we have it all figured out, but when we are most in need of His saving love. The Risen Christ calls us by name and sends us forth to live not in fear, but in the deep joy of knowing that Love has conquered all suffering and even death itself. Let us surrender to Him what troubles us most, let the light of Jesus resurrection give it a new meaning that shines towards eternity.
May this Easter season be a time of deep encounter with the Risen Lord. May His victory be the source of our courage, our peace, and our hope.
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Truly is Risen!
Here I want to wish everyone a Blessed Easter with your family and friends!!! May it be for you a time of rest and of sharing. I want to thank everyone for helping to prepare the celebrations of the whole Holy Week from Palm Sunday to the Easter, for cleaning the church and surroundings, for decorating it, for preparing the palms, for preparing the way of the cross and each celebration. I thank those who helped with the parking and order after each celebration. May the Lord bless everyone with profound experience of his presence.
God bless everyone always!!!
Fr. Stan
