From the desk of the pastor for April 5, 2026

The Lord be with you! Today is the Day! On Easter we celebrate that Jesus has opened up eternity for us and all humanity. As we proclaim His Resurrection, let us call to mind the depths of this mystery.

First, let us acknowledge the Paschal Mystery’s importance in revealing the Trinity. Throughout our Holy Week celebrations Christ makes many references to the Father and the Holy Spirit. He must do “His Father’s Will,” and “will send an advocate” when He has risen. The Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ are the way that God revealed the depths of Himself: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Whereas the leaders of the Jews took Christ’s acknowledgement of being the Son of God as blasphemy, we can hear in those words the fullness of Revelation. Yet, the very act of believing - let alone the call to proclaiming it - is a sign of the Holy Spirit at work in our hearts.

Second, like the mystery of the Trinity, the Paschal Sacrifice will never be fully known to us on Earth. Truly St. Paul spoke well in Corinthians, “At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known” (1 Cor 13:12). The very act of understanding what Christ accomplished enables us to know God in our minds and our hearts. We should long to know more and more about Easter not because we will ever know it fully but because we will become fully known in God as His child.

Third, the Paschal Mystery points to the Incarnation and vice versa. Over the two thousand year history of the Church, theologians have argued whether the Incarnation or the Paschal Mystery ranks higher. This debate may seem academic, but as our second point reminds us, struggling to understand as much as we can is an act of devotion. For us it is enough to wonder how the humanity of Christ and His divinity stand revealed all the more clearly by His Death and Resurrection. Like St. Thomas we acclaim Christ, “My Lord and my God!” precisely because His humanity has been raised and shares in the majesty of God.

I pray that we all have wonder and joy in our hearts and hearths this day. As the family of God on Earth, we are united already to the saints and angels in Paradise in this greatest of victories. May what we celebrate here below open our hearts for the joy that never ends.

In His Sacred Heart,

Fr. John