Dear Holy Trinity Family,

Happy Easter!!! Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia!

We enter the 3rd week of Easter today and we hear a story similar to last week. Jesus has risen and appears

to his disciples and they are startled and terrified even to the point of thinking that our Risen Lord is a

ghost. Then Jesus tells them to look and see, even to touch him so that they know that he is real. He even

takes it a step further by eating something with his disciples to prove that he is real. The disciples see all of

these taking place and they come to believe. They become "witnesses of these things." And the same

happens to us my friends.

We are people of the Resurrection and the Lord continues to reveal his risen self to us in the midst of our

lives. Every moment we experience joy, the Risen Lord is present. When we experience hope, the Risen

Lord is present. When we encounter love, the Risen Lord is present. Every time we go to confession, we

encounter the Risen Lord. And even, when we prepare for death and experience death itself with faith, we

encounter the Risen Lord. Do you see it? Do you believe it? This is the message of Easter that we are

invited to know and as we experience it all, we then must be witnesses and share that good news with

others. This season my friends, I invite us to share the Good News of our Risen Lord with all.

Our Centennial Committee is here to greet you all after this

weekend's Masses. I encourage all of us to pray about how we can

participate and be involved in this year's celebration. Our

Vocation's Team is organizing a bus trip up to St. John's Seminary

for their Open House and to visit Seminarian Quoc. This will take

place on Saturday, April 20th with the bus leaving at 11:30am and

returning around 5pm. Sign up at the rectory Office.

I want to also emphasize our parish school event for 3, 4, and 5

year olds on Sunday, April 21st from 11:30am to 2pm. There will

be food, activities, bounce house and more as your children get to

meet our TK and K teachers and staff and learn about how our

school can serve your son and daughter.

Mary, Mother most merciful... pray for us.

- Fr. Mike