The Life-Changing Hope of Easter

It is now over a year since the pandemic has changed all our lives so dramatically. Where and how we do the most fundamental activities of our daily rhythm have been delayed, transformed, and even canceled. There is hardly any aspect of our personal and communal lives that has not submitted to changes caused by this contagious illness.  Our family, friendships, work, school, health, leisure; and even when and how we worship God; have all been impacted. How we have gotten through all this change varies significantly from person to person and family to family.  One thing for sure, none of us are the same as we were a year ago.

Easter celebrates the most dramatic and life-altering change that human life has ever encountered.  Our God, who entered our world and showed us the life-transforming power of love, has broken through the barriers of sin and death.  The Good News is that nothing can separate us from God’s love and the promise of a life that endures after death.  My choice to try to live that way of love sincerely, and to trust in God’s personal love and mercy, will transform the way I live my life today. We have all been through a life-altering experience.  How we move forward in our relationships, our health, our work, our community participation, and our faith life can be impacted by the meaning of Easter and the hope that it proclaims.

We have companions on this journey with the early disciples who had gone through the original life-transforming Easter.  We are not alone.  As we, too, open our hearts and submit our lives to the guidance, courage, and love of God’s Spirit; we know that our lives have been changed but not ended.  God still has great blessings in store for all of us.

With all God’s love and tenderness,   

   Msgr. Mike

Parish Easter Donation

This year has presented significant financial challenges to our parish due to the Covid. To keep our parish financially healthy we ask that you be generous at this time of year.

2. DONATE BY CHECK:   Write the check to “St. Luke's Church”on the memo line write  "Parish Easter Donation".  Send all checks (in any amount)  to St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 70 West Main Street, Westborough, MA  01581.  

St. Luke’s Parish Family Bereavement Team Presents

A GRIEF SERIES
Starts Wednesday, April 7th 
Sign up for either in-person or Zoom meetings
Registration is still open

Every human being has a great, yet often unknown, gift to care, to be compassionate, to become present to the other, to listen, to hear and to receive... Those who are not afraid to hold a hand in gratitude, to shed tears in grief, and to let a sigh of distress arise straight from the heart, can break through paralyzing boundaries and witness the birth of a new fellowship, the fellowship of the broken.  --Henri J.M. Nouwen

Topics:
Permission to Mourn
The Mosaic of Grief
Anniversaries and Holidays
Spiritual Care: Loss and Meaning with Monsignor Mike Foley
Restoring Balance: Care while Moving Forward
 

Virtual (Zoom) Meeting:                                   In-Person Meeting:
Nancy Papp with Kate Curley                            Michael Barretti with Melanie Board
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm                                       7:00-8:30 pm, Parish Center
Dates:  Wed. April 7, Wed. April 21,                 Dates:  Wed, April 7; Wed, April 21;
Wed. May 5, Wed. May 19,                                Wed, May 5;  *Thursday, May 20;
Wed. June 2                                                          Wed, June 2

Space limited to 8 for each session.
Register with Julie Basque at 508-366-8509
or email pastoralassociate@stlukes-parish.org
 

The 9AM Mass is live streamed each Sunday and rebroadcast at 6:30PM by Westborough TV on Verizon Fios Channel 24 or Charter Spectrum Channel 191. 

Please see the bulletin.