Easter Sunday

And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that, their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”  

So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem, where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them, who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”  Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

Luke 24: 30-35

When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 3: 4

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts: 10: 38

All Christians believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior, his Gospel as the blueprint for good, fruitful, and happy living, and the guidebook to eternal life. Catholics add to that a very rich and profound understanding of Sacrament…. The belief that Jesus is truly present in the Sacraments leads to the recognition of how very blessed, gifted, and loved God’s people are.

In the Love of Jesus,

Father Lenny Zamborsky

September 17, 2006

Probably one of the best known Gospel references is John 3:16.  While it is questionable whether or not everyone knows the text, most are familiar with seeing the reference held up at football games and in other public forums.

The words of John 3:16, "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son that all who believe in Him may not perish but may have eternal life," in one very real and powerful way expresses the meaning of Easter, the Paschal mystery and who Jesus is.  The prologue to John's Gospel refers to Jesus as God's "Word" coming into the world.  Jesus lifted up from the earth on the cross becomes the message of God's great, personal and powerful love.

Theologically, the death and resurrection of Christ cannot be separated.  In reality, out of love for all people of all time, Jesus came to die and rise in order to give life and love in abundance to the world.  The Saint Louis parish family has reflected throughout this season of Lent on the simple yet profound reality that God is love.  The Paschal mystery celebrated on Good Friday throughout the Easter season is in fact the great proclamation of God's Word or message of love for us and for all people.

In the love of Jesus,

Father Lenny Zamborsky

Easter 2006

For Reflection:

Jesus’s entire human journey on earth covered a short span of thirty-three years, but the healing power of God with which he touched so many of his contemporaries then, over 2,000 years ago, endures forever. Father Lenny came to our troubled parish as Healer, and his presence in our parish family opened our eyes, and ears, and hearts to the presence of the Risen Christ in the Sacraments, and within each other. Let us challenge ourselves to be an Easter People, carrying God’s great love to our world!