Lent began six weeks ago in the loneliness and harshness of a wilderness but will end gloriously on Easter Sunday in the garden in which the tomb is located. The stone rolled away and the most significant event in the history of the world has taken place. Jesus, our Crucified Saviour, has risen. He is alive and glorious and now offers his resurrection to all those who accept him into their lives.

Our Lent has been a strange one as we have been surrounded by restrictions and guidelines and directives, all designed to keep us safe from Covid. These are now slowly easing and we see our celebration of Easter as one filled with hope and faith in what lies ahead; a return to a fuller and more normal life. But we have the added dimension of the faith and hope in the salvation won for us by Jesus Christ who has destroyed the restrictions caused by sin and the devil and promises us fullness of life lived in Him.

May I wish you all a very happy and holy Easter. Christ is risen. Alleluia!!

Fr. Robert