Happy Easter! Christos Anesti! Buona Pasqua! ¡Felices Pascuas! Joyeuses Pâques! Frohe Ostern! Szczęśliwej Wielkanocy!
St. Paul said, “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.” Today is the holiest day of the year, as we celebrate God’s awesome victory over sin and death. This high holy day comes at a perfect time with all of the uncertainty we face in our world.
The Feast of the Resurrection teaches us how to hold onto a hope beyond hope that God will be victorious in the end. I believe the powerful witness of the virtue of hope is what our world needs most right now, and for believing Christians hope is given to us in a renewed way this day because of what we remember and celebrate. No matter what we are facing in our lives and in our world today, remember that the tomb was found empty on the third day.
And that, “For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection.” Let us commit ourselves as a faith community to the joyful witness to hope, so all those we meet in the coming days and weeks will know by our lives that Jesus is Lord!
Your Servant in Christ,
Father Jason C. Hage, Pastor
Mary, Mother of Our Savior, pray for us!