He is Risen!

04-05-2026Pastor's LetterRev. Richard C. Wilson

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Today, “is the day the LORD has made!” This is the expression of Psalm 118:24 that we shall be singing throughout Easter time. That phrase is a celebration of our Christian faith. The Father has resurrected Jesus Christ, His beloved Son, in whom He delights, because He has loved us to the point of giving his life for all of us.

May we live this Easter with plenty of joy. Christ has risen, so, let us celebrate it full of joy and love. Death, sin and sadness, have today been defeated by Jesus Christ...and He has opened the doors to a new life, the real life, the life we owe to the grace of the Holy Spirit. Joy should empower our spirits. Christ is our peace and our path forever and ever. Today, He “fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear.” (Gaudium et Spes 22)

The great sign the Gospel gives us today is that Jesus' tomb is empty. We have to look no more among the dead for He who is alive has risen. And his disciples also realize his tomb is empty. They will see him risen later on, experiencing him alive in a joyous faith-filled meeting. An empty tomb and apparitions will be the great signs for the believers’ faith. The Gospel says: “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.” (John 20:8) Through his faith he realizes that the emptiness, the burial cloths, and the cloth that had covered his head rolled up in a separate place, were all signs that God had been there, signs of the new life. Love can see signs where others cannot, and small signs are enough. “The other disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 20:2) was led by the love he had received from Christ.

The disciples “saw and believed;” this must also be our aim. May we work to renew our paschal faith; that Christ be our Lord in everything we do. May his life revitalize ours and renew the grace of the baptism we have received. The Easter victory should help us become more fervent apostles and disciples, announcing to all our happiness to believe in Christ. May we be a people of hope, that is, hopeful witnesses of His Resurrection!

All the best...in Christ,

Father Wilson