Alleluia, Christ is Risen! It was truly wonderful to be with all of you who came to worship during Holy Week and Easter. I cannot thank everyone enough for all your time and effort at making Holy Week and Easter a great success! Special thanks to the Altar Guild; to Paul, Lucas, and the choir; to our extra musicians (brass and cello); the Property Staff, Cathedral Staff, Janet and Ric, Livestream team, readers, ushers, acolytes, verger, Eucharistic Ministers, Easter Vigil/Easter reception team, and all other volunteers. For all who helped decorate, brought food, helped hide eggs, or whatever you did to help, it truly takes a lot of people doing many tasks to make it work, and I am grateful to all of you. I also want to thank Bishop Diane for joining with us for the Easter Vigil. I’m looking forward to a wonderful Easter season!

Now, looking ahead, our Children’s Choir is reforming, and the first rehearsal is coming up on Sunday, April 14. This choir for elementary school-aged children will rehearse weekly on Sunday afternoons from 12–12:45, and the spring session will end May 19 when they sing at the 10:30 service. Please contact Dr. Paul Meier for more information or to sign up.

I’m sure everyone is aware that a total solar eclipse will be happening this coming Monday, April 8. We are not in the path of totality, but we are supposed to see about 90% coverage at the eclipse’s peak around 2 p.m. Today, these celestial events are predicted down to the second they start and end, but it wasn’t always that way. Early civilizations and even the early Church viewed an eclipse as a sign of doom. We now know it is nothing more than the moon passing between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun from view for a few minutes. It does not signify doom but is instead a beautiful celestial event that allows us to behold God’s beauty in all things. Please remember to wear proper eyewear to protect your eyes. On that note, here’s a prayer to acknowledge this event:

Almighty and everlasting God, you made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the mysteries of your creation, we may come to know you more truly, and more surely fulfill our role in your eternal purpose; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP p. 827)

Please continue to pray for one another, for our Cathedral family, for our nation, and the world.

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