FATHER JIM'S JOTS - St. Elizabeth Church - Easter Sunday - April 20, 2025

 St. Elizabeth Church

Easter Sunday

April 20, 2025

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

Happy Easter!  How wonderful it is to celebrate such a joyous season!

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

The Lord is Risen...

We are a people called to put our faith into action.  Please pray for our country and world during this special Jubilee Year of HOPE.

The Jubilee Prayer

Father in heaven,

may the faith you have given us

in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame enkindled

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,

reawaken in us the blessed hope

for the coming of your kingdom.

May your grace transform us

into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.

May those seeds transform from within both humanity 

and the whole cosmos

in the sure expectation

of a new heaven and a new earth,

when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,

your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee

reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,

a yearning for the treasures of heaven.

May that same grace spread

the joy and peace of our Redeemer

throughout the earth.

To you, our God, eternally blessed,

the glory and praise forever.

Amen.

Easter Blessings,

Fr. Jim, Pastor

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