Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder

Easter Reflection 2013

We arrive at Easter by way of a 40 day journey we call Lent. This Lent has been unusual. We witnessed the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis. We also had our usual events. There was the Rite of Election for those about to be received in the Church at the Easter Vigil. We recall too the Lenten Missions both on New Providence and Grand Bahama. The mid-day Biblical Reflections and the Pilgrimage for the Year of Faith have added to opportunities for our spiritual growth during this Lent.

Now we arrive at the celebration of Easter itself. This is the foundation of our faith. This is the very source of the strength and the hope that is within us.

From the liturgy of Easter Sunday we have words from the Acts of Apostles where Peter reports how: Jesus “...went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil for God was with him. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. Yet.... “God raised him on the third day ....” (Acts  10:3 7ff). Read more