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The animated camaraderie at St. Ann Parish here on April 7 made the parish hall gathering feel more like a family reunion. Click here to read the story.

Today we are encouraged to continue taking the spiritual nourishment we need so that we may grow. May our new life be fresh and innocent and eternal.

What an amazing invitation to living as Easter people with Alleluia as our song! We must not be cautious here. What seems too good to be true has actually happened! We must be unrestrained, perhaps, even collapsing, in our joy!

Let us glory in the cross of our Lord, Jesus Christ: In him we have salvation, life and resurrection; Through him we are rescued and set free. (Cf. Galatians 6:14)

The Liturgy of today’s celebration is intense - full of contrast between high and low, light and dark, triumph and despair. We begin by commemorating Jesus’ triumphal and messianic entrance into Jerusalem to accomplish his Paschal Mystery and finish the Gospel with Jesus crucified and laid in a tomb.

The invitation to mass today asks us to trust and rely on the Lord. It is a solemn and unrelenting request from God.