Fr. David's Easter Letter 2026

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Dear family and friends of the Parish of Haliburton.

Today is Tuesday of Holy Week. Palm Sunday is past; Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day are mere moments away. It feels much like singing in a choir.

Written in the music is a breath mark: take a breath now because there won't be another chance until the final chord.

The Gospel writers convey that sense of urgency and immediacy. We heard the Passion according to Matthew on Palm Sunday. That tells the whole story up until the burial. We will live that again Thursday evening as we share the holy wine and bread, and the sacred offering of foot washing. All this gives us a glimpse of the journey that Jesus travelled, and a hint of what his closest friends endured.

When we come to the Day of Resurrection it may seem strange to have the story told so briefly after the full and faithful retelling by Matthew and John on Palm Sunday and Good Friday. And that brevity gives us a clue: for the Gospel writers, the most important work of Jesus was his suffering and death for us; the Resurrection is the evidence of what has been completed.

Like the echoes of the final chord of a grand symphony still ringing in the ear, the Day of Resurrection lifts our spirits and gives us a vision that awaits us in heaven prepared for us. But soon we wiil see that there is more! The followers of Jesus after the Resurrection did not sit back and simply wait for their turn to pass into the heavenly realm. They rejoiced in their new-found life living with the ever-present Spirit of God.

For us, each Easter Day is the dawning of the new life in Christ, now and into etemity.

Mav you be filled with the Joy of the Resurrection this Eastertide!

Yours in the love of Jesus,