12th April

Second Sunday of Easter - Year A

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

“Resurrexit sicut dixit!” He has risen as he said he would! On receiving this message, we give heartfelt thanks for the gift of the promise of the Resurrection, the gift of life to come. It is an enormous and astounding gift from Jesus to us. Over the following Easter season Jesus will appear to many and varied places.

A very big thank you to all for all the hard work to make our Easter Celebrations such a wonderful time. Thank you for all the effort and care o the many little details that are necessary in order to make things runs smoothly. Thank you to all organisers who have seen to various needs, such as readers, musicians, servers, ministers, leaders, children’s liturgy and all those who have spent time getting the church ready for the various events, from the mournful to the joyful.

Let us continue to celebrate the fifty days of Eastertide, it is naturally the longest and most important celebration in the Church calendar.

Thank you for the generous Easter offerings which help subsidise my income and the work of my congregation of Priests and Brothers of Betharram!

I hope that everyone of you is able to enjoy something of the Easter break, that you come back refreshed and happy to be of service to the Lord. Let us pray that the weather also improves and having to winder how many layers of clothing it is neccessar to put on in order to face the outside.

Father Anton s.c.j.