Happy Easter! Alleluia!

04-21-2019Weekly ReflectionFr. Bing Colasito

Alleluia means "Praise God," in Ancient Hebrew, it means "Thanks be to God." Therefore, to be an Alleluia person means to be filled with praise and thanksgiving to God. A disposition of gratefulness and thanksgiving for everything… Because everything is grace: creatures, persons, events, thoughts, words, and deeds… all in life. To be a person who looks at another person, and in faith, in the spirit of God , says, "You are good and I thank God for you." Alleluia!!! Let us accept one another in the Spirit of the Risen Lord, believing that we can all rise up from the depths of our tomb (fall), and be an Easter person, Alleluia!, Thanks be to God.

St. Augustine once said, "We are an Easter People, and Alleluia is our song!"

To be an Easter person is to be a light and life giver. A person who gives light to those in darkness, a person who gives life and illuminates the darkness of this world and the darkness of people's HEART. This Easter, let us shout to the whole world, let us sing at top of our voice: Alleluia! The Lord is Risen!!! He has kept his promise to abide and live in our hearts. The JOY of Easter does not allow us to be entombed in the darkness of Good Friday but lifts us up into the brightness of the Risen Christ. Jesus is Risen! Alleluia!!!

Our JOY is the clearest sign of the presence of God. A testimony that the Risen CHRIST is alive in the world… that He continues to give light, life, and JOY to our LIFE. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Be in God,
Fr. Bing