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BEAUTIFUL NEWS 

We announce to you a great joy! If you heard the bells ring recently now you know why! His Excellency Bishop Soto has announced that suspension of the public celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass ends effective June 8th. Guidance and protocols regarding the return to Mass will be coming out over the next two days. I'll look forward to seeing you all at the altar of the Lord. Fr Estrella

May 29th Message to the Faithful from Bishop Soto

Dear Parish Family,

Christ is Risen! He is Risen, indeed! This exchange has been used by Catholics and other Christians in various parts of the world as an Easter greeting since time immemorial. More than a pious greeting, these words reveal that the Resurrection of our Lord is such an overwhelming reality that everything else is caught up in this reality. Greetings like “hello” and “how are you?” fall short of what fills every Christian heart as we celebrate the triumphant Resurrection of our Lord. The Resurrection of Christ fills the world with such joy and hope that when one believer sees another, this excitement cannot be contained. The good news is shared: Christ is Risen! The response “He is Risen, indeed!” is not a simple acknowledgment or even an empty and vain echo of what we already know but a confession of our hope and joy.
 
Having spent 3 of my 4 Easters, as a priest, in different parishes, I have always had the joy of teaching this greeting to a new group of people year after year. I had looked forward to teaching it to you this Easter. I normally do this in my Easter homilies, but this year I am doing it via my bulletin article. That means there will be a test. We cannot let this pandemic or the shelter in place order rob us of our Easter joy! As our late Holy Father, Pope St. John Paul II, taught us “We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song!” This means that we, as Catholics, as people of faith, strengthened by Christ’s Resurrection deride those things which would seek to rob us of peace, joy and love. Whether it’s social distancing, cancer, distance learning or distance from those we love, whether it’s daily life or crises or pandemics,  while we are fighting the battle; the war has been won by Christ and He is triumphantly victorious.
 
Easter Sunday begins the celebration of the Easter Octave, the eight days from Easter Sunday to the following Sunday, the day we now celebrate as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” Easter is a 192-hour day. The reality that Christ is risen from the dead is so large we need that many days to really absorb it, ponder it, enter into that great truth and celebrate it. Treat each day of this week as if it were Easter day, celebrate it well!
 
The gospels for daily Mass this week give us a different part of that first Easter Sunday from the four evangelists, read them daily. This will help us ponder different parts of Easter. In our rosaries this week we will meditate on the Glorious Mysteries. While I encourage the regular observance of Friday abstinence, even beyond Lent, the Friday of Easter week is one of the rare ones where we don’t keep abstinence.
 
I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy and blessed Easter! Joy floods the world because Christ has risen from the dead, His glory shines on us all and we see who we are meant to be; who we were made to be; new creatures made holy in truth. Let us lay claim to our joy and our hope. Let us live in the newness of life brought to us in Christ. Happy Easter!
With all my love,
Your Father in Christ,
Fr. Estrella

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