Easter 2026 - The stone is rolled away

Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen. 
Happy Easter to all as we remember the most important day in human history: Christ's resurrection, signifying his victory of sin and death, and the promise of eternal life to those who believe in Him.​

The Stone has been rolled away, and light once more has overcome the darkness. Have there been any period in your life when the darkness seemed to envelop you, leaving you feeling alone, abandoned, and with no hope? I know I certainly have. I remember 12 years ago when my primary doctor called and said you need to get to the ER because bloodwork done had shown a heart attack with positive troponin. Heart attack? It really didn't hit me at first but at the hospital they drew more labs that should a higher level of troponin then what my primary had found; and then it got real! Now we're talking open heart surgery if the blocked arteries could not be opened and stented. I now stared at my mortality, pondering all that I had done and not yet done. I would be leaving all I've loved: wife, children, mother, sisters and so many family and friends. I had the 'last rites'. That first night alone in the hospital was the darkest, loneliest, lowest point of my life. But the stone was rolled away. Here I am writing this to you: Easter 2026.

Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen.

There are certainly other times, other circumstances, when darkness threatened to overpower me, but I learned through a brother deacon, that asking 'why me?' is the wrong question. The proper question is 'what for, what am I supposed to learn? Easter always reminds me: That God gave all in His Son and the Son gave all in his life, because he loves me. He loves you. He loves us too much to let darkness overpower us. The tomb is not the final answer; the stone has been rolled away. May you always be bathed in Resurrection light.

Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen.

Peace.

Deacon Michel