As we walk through the seasons of Lent and Easter, find ways of sharing your experience with others. It is not a path we walk alone.
Seize the opportunity to speak to others about the ways that you have grown in Lent. Dare to spread the joy of Easter more widely this year, especially with those who are on the margins. Perhaps invite someone from outside your family circle to join you for Easter, or reach out to a relative that you have lost contact with. Let yourself be transformed by the experience of walking together with others in the light of the Risen Christ, who calls us not only as individuals but together. Our crucified and risen Lord comes to encounter us through others, just as He comes to encounter others through us. He is present and alive in our midst as we journey together.
Lent leads us to see more deeply our identity as a resurrection community. We have new life because of the resurrection of Christ. Moreover, we have the ultimate hope that the promise of His resurrection will be brought to completion when He returns to make all things new. Easter will have its final effect. So even when our lives in this world feel like Lent, we have hope, for we have learned the lesson of where Lent is leading. We have hope because Lent leads us to Easter.
May the experience of His presence strengthen us in our daily lives, giving us hope and a reason to live! May the Risen Lord accompany us in every moment of our life! May the miracle of Christ's resurrection fill our hearts with love, hope, gratitude, peace, and joy.
Wishing you an egg-ceptionally wonderful Easter!!!
Fr. Ronald J, SdC
Provincial Superior