Happy Easter! As we continue our journey through this joyful season, we are invited to draw ever more deeply into the wellspring of God’s mercy and love. After the forty days of Lent, it can be tempting to slip back into old routines once Easter Sunday has passed. But this is not what the Lord desires for us.

We are now in the heart of the fifty days of Easter, a season of joy in which we celebrate God’s love revealed in and through the Cross and made radiant in the empty tomb at the Altar. This is our great proclamation: Jesus Christ has conquered sin and death and draws each of us into new life.

For forty days we journeyed through Lent, allowing the Lord to prepare us for these great Fifty Days of Easter. Along the way, we fixed our gaze on the Cross, learning again that God’s love is revealed most fully in sacrifice.