The Pastor's Message
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Easter Sunday
Dear Parishioners,
He is Risen! Alleluia, Alleluia! It is True! Alleluia, Alleluia! This is an ancient greeting for the early Christian people during the Easter Season that is still proclaimed by members of the Eastern Orthodox Catholics. I wish you all a Blessed Easter Sunday and Easter Season.
As we celebrate the joy of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus, we hear of how it was Mary Magdalene that first discovered that Jesus was not in the tomb. She brought the news to Peter and the disciples who had been in hiding after the crucifixion. Like Peter, sometimes we go into hiding when we do not want to face the struggles of this world; however, we need to be more like Mary Magdalene in searching for the Lord during our daily struggles.
We have just completed a year of struggle, pain, confusion, anguish, and loss due to the pandemic and it is time to look forward to a new normal. Like the disciples, we may have felt betrayed and abandoned by God; however, He has been with us through these most challenging times. We are seeing the light after this long year of darkness and the Easter Resurrection is the light that the disciples saw to help them move into a new normal. Like the light of Christ that guided the disciples, we have that same light to keep us focused on the Lord Jesus.
After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples and walked with them for 50 days to prepare them to go into the world to continue His message. He appears to us each day and calls us to be His messengers in the world today. The world we live in needs our testimony of the Risen Christ. Darkness and evil are all around us, but the light of Christ shines in and through each one of us. We are the people who can and will bring the world out of darkness because of our faith. As we focus on the light of Christ that we receive in our Baptism, we become that light for the world.
I pray that all may have a Blessed Easter Season filled with the light of Christ that will extend throughout the year.
Fr. George P. Blais
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Divine Mercy Sunday
Dear Parishioners,
On this Second Sunday of Easter, the church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday. This is a time to reflect on God’s great mercy for all people. He loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to show us His love. Jesus is the expression of God’s love in His birth, life, suffering, death, and resurrection. By His example we can experience God’s infinite love, compassion, and mercy.
When Jesus appeared to His disciples after the resurrection, they rejoiced, and He greeted them by saying; “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me so I send you.” Jesus extends that same peace to us and He desires that we recognize His infinite mercy.
Like Thomas who was not present at this first appearance, we sometimes fail to recognize God and Jesus in our midst. We may doubt the testimony and experience of others because, like Thomas, we need to actually see and hear Him. God is always with us and He desires that we experience His peace.
This past year has been filled with confusion, pain, suffering, loss, and darkness; however, the one constant thing that has been present is God’s love for us. Although we may not have seen His love, or presence, He has not and will not abandon us. On this Divine Mercy Sunday, we once again are given the peace of Christ and are called to be witnesses of that peace to all the world. What we have received, we should share with all who we encounter. At the end of every Mass, we are sent forth into the world, like the disciples, to share what we have received.
May God continue to bless all with His peace and may His light shine in and through you all.
Fr. George P. Blais -
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