We are in a time of crisis. “We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!” We are not looking for a shallow joy but rather a joy that comes from faith, that grows through unselfish love, that respects the “fundamental duty of love of neighbour, without which it would be unbecoming to speak of Joy.” We might want to say those things and more, but the truth of Scripture is ever ours, speaking anew to us each day, calling us to be truly an Easter people.What then does it look like to be an Easter people? All are equal in the sight of God. I take comfort in knowing that God’s tight, warm embrace is around all of us - the old who are sick, the brave who are providing care, the patient who are teaching at home, the lonely who long for companionship, the young who just want the world to be all better. "Do not abandon yourselves to despair. Sr. Linda reflects on our invitation to be resurrection people using one of her favorite songs, You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban. Reflection on Holy Week and Easter by Sr. Linda DeCero, OSF . Henry is … We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain. Within the early community, "there was no needy person among them" (Acts 4:34). - Maria Marx, Associate Director of Campus Ministry
As I look at this picture, I see Christ holding our sick world. Join us for "Virtual Campus Ministry" on Thursday, April 16 at 12:00PM. As her death approached, Barb wanted all whom she loved to know that the power of faith transforms even death. How are we to live? "We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song." To be honest, there are Easter people in all of our parish communities whose faithfulness inspires our own. At first, the Jesus followers shunned the newly converted Paul. It did not say "Happy Easter," nor did it say, "Rejoice, the Lord is risen." We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song." They are the ones who refuse to keep up with the envied "Joneses" and raise their children to do the same. Posted on February 22, 2012 December 12, 2018 by Michael Goodwin "It's--it's a magic wardrobe. "So be it, I believe. Click the link above to join the video chat! We do not pretend that life is all beauty. But as an Easter people, we know that Christ is still among us, as he promised (see Mt 28:20). As I read the card, I knew it bore a message of profound faith.
They feared that he had not changed and would turn on them. For we are an Easter people.The note card kept its post for many years. If we start at the very beginning and search the Acts accounts of the Easter season Scriptures, we learn how that very first community of Jesus' followers began to shape their priorities and create a way of life.I remember opening this Easter greeting and reading it several times. - St. John Paul II We are a people forgiven, healed and renewed by Jesus’ Body and Blood, and we are called to share that Good News with the whole world.