“Christ Be our Light” In those four simple words, lie all the glory, passion and joy of lent in which we celebrated this week. That right there my brother and sister, is Easter. It’s is the savior of our liturgical year. Easter is a time of honoring and renewing.

On Saturday night at St. Michael, Christ lit and guided our way to the resolution of our lenten journey. In the darkness of saturday night, one flame ignited hundreds of others, and the light spread. Person by person, candle by candle. And we stood in this sacred space embracing that light.

We stood in faint darkness with our candle flames glowing on our faces while the choir sings beautiful Easter melody “Christ Be our Light” and the “Gloria”. As we began to sing “Christ Be My Light” I felt a harm feeling within me because it was one of my favorite catholic hymns. I started to get a little teary while hearing the piano strike the first chord that reminds me of the songs. That very simple solemn chord learned by heart placed vivid images of me at the age of six years old. I remember sitting byside my mother in the same exact church singing to the same song calmly bringing joy to my heart now. That night, i felt right at home and when we sang that beautiful song, i didn’t need to look at the lyrics because it was embedding heart, next to my Christian faith. There are some things in life that brings comfort to you and whenever I am in church, I witness God’s presence and all the lyrics pops into my heart making me sing unconsciously, loud, with confidence and love. That is the works of God.

We are the Body of Christ. Bruised. Broken. But resurrected and given new life, new hope. Changed forever. We are men and women and children who hold the light. We must continue our service to the homeless and pass the light to those we are in search of God. Let us be servant to one another, making God’s kingdom come.

This Easter, keep the flame burning. Remember all who came before us, and all who are joining us today.

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