I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being at St. Rita this Easter. You make our worship and our Eucharist so very special when we are gathered together like we are on Easter.
Together we both receive and celebrate the Good News: Alleluia! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Easter is the very heart of who we are as Christians. It is a day overflowing with Joy, New Life, and Re-creation. It is a day when all those words deserve capital letters and many sentences end in exclamation points! This Easter Day catapults us into rarified air and we do not come down until we hit the ground running, renewed with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
One of the questions we are faced with on this day is, “Where is Jesus?” Our Gospels do not show Him to us. Instead we are confronted with an empty tomb.
We don’t encounter Jesus at the empty tomb because we are His Tabernacle, we are His Temple. He is the Word made Flesh and He has made His home with us and all the human race.
We all know our lives are better when God is in them. We all know that our lives are better when we live them in the light of gratitude and service.
Thank you again for being here. You are always welcome. Your friends and family are always welcome.
Rejoice and be Glad! Jesus is not at the empty tomb. Jesus has made His home with you and gives Himself to you lovingly at every Eucharist.
Carry with you always the Good News of Easter: Alleluia! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Have a blessed Easter,
~Fr. Tim