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THE CENTER PIECE
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020
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OF EASTER HOPE, PEACE, CARE
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Priests of diocese share Easter joy with absent faithful via livestreamed Masses
"Despite my feelings that it's not a normal Easter Sunday or it didn't seem like Good Friday, it doesn't matter because God's reigning in his holy heaven and his Son rose from the grave today, whether we feel like it or not."
Father Matthew Deptula Pastor, St. Edward, Chillicothe
"Even in the midst of what's going on around us at this time in history, we need to realize we are already resurrection people. The presence of God, his glory, his power, can be ours if we are faithful to him."
Father John Theiryoung Pastor of parishes in Aledo, Matherville, and Viola
"Easter is real, Jesus is real. This really did happen. But do we trust Jesus, do we love Jesus, even in the midst of such difficult times?"
Father Peter Zorjan Pastor, St. Patrick, Colona, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, Silvis
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AN EASTER FOR HISTORY: Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, celebrated Easter morning Mass in the co-cathedral of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The last time the Church of the Holy Sepulcher - which was closed to the public because of the coronavirus beginning March 25 - was locked and closed to prayer for an extended period was in 1349, during the bubonic plague epidemic, known as the Black Death.
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