Happy Easter

Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! Happy Easter!
Thank you for your presence and prayers as we celebrated the Lenten Season.

I pray that you and your loved ones have a blessed Easter! When you come before the Lord, please pray for me, for the other Priests who serve our parish, and for our Staff. Know that we will pray for you, your loved ones and your intentions. We may not see each other each day but may we meet each day in our prayers!

I take this opportunity to thank all who have called me or sent emails, cards and notes to me during the Lenten Season. Your support and prayers (and your offer of food!) mean more to me than you will ever know.

God always has the last word. Just look at the Easter event! On Good Friday the world of darkness had thrown everything it had on the Anointed One and buried Him in a tomb – thinking it had the final word. But the final word belonged to God. On Easter Sunday God overturned the world’s verdict, as our Savior Jesus Christ rose from that tomb and conquered the darkness of the world forever.

My friends, this is still God’s world. You have heard me preach that many, many times. God will always provide. He will see us through these days where it seems always to be Good Friday. But Easter is triumphant. God has the last word – always! May you and our faith family of St. Bartholomew, along with all of our loved ones, have a most blessed and Happy Easter.

As we already have closed our Heritage Wall campaign I would like to thank all those who supported our project. The report will be available next week. This is a substantial addition onto our Building Fund.

It is also worth noting that we care for others as we collected coins during Good Friday for the Republic of Turkiye and Syria. We raised $5516.70. May God bless you and your family.

In Christ,
Fr.Fernan