A Reflection From Fr Ron
This Weeks Readings:
Acts 10.34-43
Psalm Hymn to the Risen Christ
1 Corinthians 15.19-26
Gospel according Luke 24. 1-12
Dear Friends,
Easter is a spring festival in the Northern Hemisphere, where chicks, eggs, lambs and new blooms speak powerfully of the new life that a warming sun brings. For us Easter is also about new life, but a new life that comes from cooler nights and days at the end of a long hot summer.
Today begins the longest festival in the Church’s calendar. The Easter Season lasts for fifty days. Each day is filled with alleluias as we gather around the light of Christ.
We acclaim confidently and with certainty that Christ is risen. We take up the challenge to announce this message of joy, hope and peace, not only with the celebrating church, but to all whom we serve – families, colleagues, neighbours, and all in our world.
The season of Easter coincides with the season of autumn. The bigger challenge is for us to maintain our call to be Easter people of peace and hope who radiate the risen Christ not just for fifty days, but throughout our lives.
May our Risen Lord “Easter” in you, not just today, not just in Eastertide, but in all the days given you.
Peace and Grace to you.
Fr Ron.
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