Alleluia! He is risen!

Happy Easter from the missions.

After all of our Lenten preparations, the joy of Easter may seem like the end of a journey. But of course, the Resurrection of our Lord is only the beginning.

In the time between the Resurrection and the Ascension, Christ was further preparing his disciples for what was to come — the work of the Great Commission and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The words of Christ throughout the Gospel readings of the Easter season prepare us to go out and share the Good News just as his words prepared the Apostles in the first days of the Church.

This preparation mirrors Pope Francis’s call for the Church to anticipate the coming Jubilee year with a rededication to prayer. As Pope Francis leads us further in this Year of Prayer, he reminds us: “Prayer is the breath of faith, it is its most proper expression. Like a silent cry that comes forth from the heart of those who believe and entrust themselves to God.”

As always, I ask that you remember the missions in your prayers. The missionaries who bring the Gospel to the young Church in some of the most remote and unstable communities in the world are carrying on the work of the Apostles. When you unite yourself to their work in prayer, you live out Christ’s call to make disciples of all nations. 

Fr. Alex Osei, C.S.Sp.
National Director

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