I
hope you enjoyed our Easter Liturgies and they were meaningful for you. Many
people helped in the process and I would like to thank them. The Ministers of
Welcome, Lectors, Ministers of Communion and the Altar Servers did a wonderful
job. The palms on Palm Sunday and Good Friday added to the ceremonies and I
would like to thank Jennifer Theile and Carmen Jansz for their generosity in
making the palms. The flowers were contributed by The Applemarket and I would
like to thank James Tiveron for his generosity once again. The flowers were
arranged by Ellen Kolwich and Norma Dac and I thank them for their hard work in
making the church look so nice for Easter. Thank you to our Youth Group for
doing the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. Our webmaster, Luis Gomes, is
to be thanked too for keeping our website up to date. Thanks to Barbara-Anne
Krampart and Silvio Fernandes for leading the RCIA candidates, Gary Grant,
Shenese Gibson and Stevan Kraguljac, to the church. Thanks to the Dream Team for preparing the
reception after the Easter Vigil. The food was delicious. I would like to thank our 2 choirs for their
wonderful music over the last three days: The Senior Choir, directed by Anthony
Bastianon and the Folk Choir, directed by Sean Bator. Your music was a great
addition to our Easter Liturgies. Thanks to Fr. Roger for his help on Holy
Thursday and Easter Sunday. Finally, I would like to thank all the parishioners
who came out to experience our Easter Liturgies and hope that they were very
meaningful for you. Thanks to all who contributed to our Holy Week Schedule.
Thomas
was the apostle who didn’t believe the woman that Jesus had been raised from
the dead. Thomas loved the Lord but he lacked to courage to stand with him in
his passion and crucifixion. He ran away and stayed by himself after Jesus died
and preferred loneliness rather than fellowship with the others. When Thomas
finally got the strength to join the other Apostles, he recognized Jesus and
immediately said, “My Lord and My God”.
I
hope you have a great week!
Fr. Phil