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DANAS JE DAN kada trebamo gledati dalje, iznad horizonata naše ograničenosti i vidjeti život u punini. Uskrs nama kršćanima omogućava veću sliku, sliku u kojoj vidimo cijeli smisao i cjelinu svoga života. Uskrs nam mora postati vječni Aleluja. U tom duhu života i radosti, Duhu Kristovu koji pobjeđuje tamu, želimo Vam: SRETAN USKRS!

TODAY we implore you to look further, beyond the horizon of our human limitations, and we will see life in its fullest. Easter makes possible a bigger picture, a picture in which we see the full potential of our entire lives. Easter must become our everlasting ALLELUIA! In that spirit of life and joy, the spirit of Christ that dispels darkness, we wish you HAPPY EASTER!

EASTER SUNDAY

This week we moved from the celebration of Palm Sunday with its transition from triumphal entrance to disgraceful rejection, towards the celebration of light and life. The Resurrection cannot be separated from Jesus’ life and death. His life of obedience and service is consummated by His offering Himself to His apostles and to us at the Last Supper, as well as offering His body and spirit for us to His Father on that very Good Friday. We prepared for Easter by praying with the liturgies of this Holy Week. Attending the celebration of this week with the communities of faith was a great preparation. It was not a sad week, but a week of quiet reflection. We have been brought out of our disorders, chaos ,and addictions. We have had our feet, humanity and persons washed in Baptism. We have seen the God Made Man definitively tell us who we are, "the died for." We prepared for Easter by humbly showing up with the truths of our lives to be washed again, served again, and comissioned again to live the Eucharist. The fruit of the Tree of Life, upon which Jesus died, is the life each of us lives. The Grain of Wheat has fallen into the earth and died. We who receive His new life are the New Paschal Bread and the continuation of the New Passover. In Baptism we die with Christ, and with our little dyings we continually rise with Him. By our presence in church today we are saying (whether we can verbalize it or not), I want to verify for myself the experience of Jesus. I want to hear the story of the first witnesses again so that I can say that His is my experience as well; this is what I believe about my own resurrection. In other words, resuscitation never happened, but resurrection always happens. Resurrection is always a personal experience. If it is not, there is hardly any reason for us to come back here today. People like ourselves have been doing this for over two thousand years. Our presence here is a sign that there must have been something to it and there still is! So, for whatever reason you have come today, it is a good reason. By your presence you have linked yourself in faith to the millions and millions of Jesus’ followers throughout the centuries. Because you decided to celebrate Easter Sunday, you can be sure that tomorrow and every new day will be a resurrection. Jesus Christ is risen. Yes, he is truly risen, and so are we!

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