He is Risen!

Easter 2013

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.” Ps 118

This is indeed the day the Lord has made! On Easter we are blessed to have so many people worshipping with us today. Some are visiting with family, some are worshipping with us for the first time and still others come to pray with us a few times a year. You are all welcome to this house of worship! We have all come together today to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord.

To those of us who come to Mass frequently let us seek out those whom you do not know and greet them as Jesus greeted all. To those who visit us a few times a year please feel welcome here. Don’t be shy! Introduce yourself to the person seated next to you! Let us meet and greet each other with open arms.

We have spent the past few weeks contemplating our lives and reflecting on our faith. We’ve prayed together, fasted together and gave to the poor and today we celebrate together. Today let us reflect on our Lenten sacrifices and the lessons learned during Lent. Let us try to live out some of those ideals well beyond Lent and into the Easter season. As the passage below states it is time to clear out our past (old yeast) and look forward to a new future (fresh dough), a future in Christ:

Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I Cor 5:6b-8

God Bless, Holly Clark