Message from the Parish Priest…

Dearly beloved in Christ,

Feast of Easter is a celebration of the supernatural victory over the power of sin and its consequence, namely death. Through His passion and death Christ destroyed the power of sin and death. Through His resurrection Christ brought us new life. It is this new life that we celebrate throughout the Easter Season. Symbolically it reminds us that we have died with Christ, and that we are a new people, the people of the Resurrection.

Therefore St. Paul tells us: Since you have risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory (Col. 3:1-4). This is precisely what is expected of all believers, that we live in the awareness of our belongingness not to this world, but to God and to heaven.

Hence, we are exhorted to set our hearts on the values of the Kingdom and seek its righteousness and everything else will be added unto us (Mt. 6:33). Let use enjoy the new life that God has granted us through the resurrection of Christ and try our best live it to the full.

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(1) Die opstanding van Christus is die sentrale geheimenis van ons geloof. Dit is die grondslag van die christendom. Hl. Paulus sê, as Christus nie opgewek is nie, is julle geloof sonder inhoud (1 Kor. 15:14). Christus se lyding en dood was verlossend. En omdat Christus uit die dood opgewek is, is ons geloof nie sonder inhoud nie. Dit bring vir ons die sekerheid dat ons nie vir die aarde bestemd is nie. Ons is ‘n pelgrimsvolk op aarde, terwyl ons ons bestemde Vaderland nader. Hierdie waarheid gee die geloofswaardigheid aan ons Christelike lewe. 

(2) Die paasfees is die viering van die nuwe lewe. Na die opstanding van die Here, het die dissipels die evangelie aan almal verkondig. Saam met Christus staan elkeen van ons ook vandag op met ‘n nuwe lewe, met nuwe voornemens, met nuwe gedagtes en met nuwe rigtings in ons lewens. Daarom moet elkeen van ons dit duidelik stel dat ons verloste mense is.

(3) Die opstanding van Jesus was die definitiewe “Ja” van die Here aan die hele mensdom. Dit is die “Yes to life”, die “Ja” tot die lewe. Dit is ook die “Yes to hope” en “Yes to humanity”.Dit beteken die beslissende beweging na die lewe, die gewillige aanvaarding van die Here se boodskap, die gereëlde ontvangs van die sakramente, die waardering van die goeie waardes, die navolging van die Here se boodskap, en die bewustelike uitlewing van ons Chriselike lewens. Laat ons ten alle tye as die volk van die opstanding leef.