This Week: Easter Sunday

“All Eyes on Jerusalem”  –Bp. Charles McGuire

The Bishop’s Note
Blessed Easter to each and every one of you! To-day is the feast of all feasts, the most important on the entire liturgical calendar. If Our Lord had not risen from the dead, everything else would not matter. This miracle proved His divinity and, therefore, the veracity of everything He taught. Furthermore, His Resurrection brings great hope to us since we know by Faith that we will one day be raised from the dead and live forever. May yours be a glorious resurrection!

It is a quiet week here at the church with the children on Easter break. The Easter week Masses are so peaceful! I hope you can come to some of the High Masses. This year, most of them are in the evenings, by exception. Easter Monday and Tuesday used to be Holy Days, but they are not any longer. Still, they are very high-ranking feast days, and it is commendable to at-tend Mass on those days. As Bishop Dolan always like to say: “Don’t leave the lilies alone in church to adore.”

Palm Sunday went off without a hitch. Even Carrie, the mule, did a fine job. This year, she did not munch on any of the children’s blessed palm either! I keep forgetting to ask someone to take pictures at these major ceremonies so that they can be posted in the bulletin, but at the same time, I am glad that you were “present in the moment,” as they say, and were able to just take it all in. A big thank you to EVERYONE who helped in any way during this Holy Week. May Our Lord reward your generosity.

St. Gertrude the Great has been a most edifying companion during our Lenten journey through the desert, and I pray that you profited from her revelations and virtues. Maybe some of you will stay with her through the Easter season, too. You can be sure that she was interceding for us during this holy season, so don’t forget to say a prayer of thanksgiving to her!

– Bishop McGuire

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