Christ Our Light Catholic Church - Loudonville, NY

Happy Easter!    

“Let us keep the feast with none of the old yeast, and no leavening of evil and wickedness, but only the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” (1Cor 5:8)

These words of St. Paul come from the 2^nd Reading of the Mass on Easter Day.  They remind us that we are invited evermore into the Sanctuary of the Lord to be nourished with Christ’s unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

During the Easter Season, the Paschal Candle resides in the Sanctuary as a visible reminder that the Light of Christ overcomes even death itself.  May this excerpt from The Exsultet (The Easter Proclamation), intoned during the Easter Vigil, live forever in our hearts. 

On this, your night of grace, O holy Father, accept this candle, a solemn offering,

the work of bees and of your servants’ hands, an evening sacrifice of praise,

this gift from your most holy Church.

Therefore, O Lord, we pray you that this candle,

hallowed to the honor of your name,

may persevere undimmed, to overcome the darkness of this night.

Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,

and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.

May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star:

The one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son,

Who, coming back from death’s domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity

and lives and reigns forever and ever.  AMEN

May you live in new hope in the Light of Christ’s Resurrection!

Your  Staff,

Deacon Dick, Fr. Tony Chiaramonte, Fr. Jim Kane, Fr. Don Ophals,

Maryann Bach , Bonnie, Fagan, Laurie Luizzi, Shirley Myers, Terry Russ, Elizabeth Schlieser-Flaska