This Week
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
5/4/2026
Paschal triumph, Paschal joy!
Dear Parishioners,
I begin this editorial by wishing you all a very Happy and Blessed Easter. This is such a beautiful time of year with the spring underway and the signs of hope and new life which it brings. The garden at OLSG is already a riot of colour and new growth. Special thanks are due to those who care for it so diligently and with so much imagination.
We remember at this time that it was in a garden that Our Lord’s tomb was located. This is recounted by St John:
‘Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid. So because of the Jewish Day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.’ (John 19:41-42). It was to that same garden, early on the Sunday morning that St Mary Magdalene came, and where she stood weeping.
She asked a stranger, whom she presumed to be the gardener, where the body of her Lord had been moved to. He called her by name and she knew him to be ‘Rabboni’. The garden had certainly come into full bloom.
We note that Mary Magdalene then went to the disciples and said to them:
‘I have seen the Lord.’ (John 20:18)
Her powerful witness brought the disciples joy and helped them to accept the truth that Christ had indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of all who have fallen asleep.
Like the brave and faithful Magdalen, may we all have the confidence to proclaim the Resurrection this Easter, with great joy.
With every blessing,
Father Daniel
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