Bishop Vasa Santa Rosa Diocese Easter Season Montage.
Channel: Director Youth Ministry
Date: 2020-05-16

Bishop Vasa scripted an Easter Season message of Hope and Re-remembering Christ.  Featuring Priests, Deacons, Principals, MSSR, and laity across the diocese. Editor: Martin Van Tassell.


Happy Easter, Christ has Risen!
Yet, this Easter season, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, still feels like Lent
Maybe Easter Sunday felt like Easter, but then Easter Monday…  felt like Lent again


 The Easter Season is still a time of great hope!  
 All 50 days of it
 This Pandemic and suffering may be 100 or 200 days 
  but we must remember Christ's victory is forever!
  We, a few members of the DIocese of Santa Rosa, 
  come together to assure you of our prayers
  We pray for those who are suffering
  We pray for those who have completed their earthly journeys
  We pray for the grace to recognize and remember Christ
 On the way to Emmaus, two disciples did not recognize Christ walking with them
 But later saw him in the breaking of the Bread
 Let us re-remember like those disciples and ask, 
 "were not our hearts burning within us as we listened to him
 They did not see Jesus, but they remembered
 They remembered with enthusiasm and joy
 They remembered with hope and gratitude
 He came to them in a time of dire distress
  Today, we are in distress, 
 we are trapped and struggle to see Christ as clearly as we once did, But we too, remember
  We are restricted from our usual faith associations but we remember
 We remember in the burning of our hearts and we long for him to come again
 We remember with enthusiasm and joy
 We remember with hope and gratitude
 For, Our Savior, comes to us in a time of dire distress
 Christ has died for us. This we believe
 Christ has risen. This we believe
 Christ will come again. This we believe
 For this we hope
 For this we long
 For this we hunger

During the time of separation, waiting, and uncertainty
May the Lord bless you and keep you
May he let his face shine upon you
May the Lord look kindly upon you
May the Lord grant you peace