GOD HAS THE LAST WORD: In the brightness of this Easter day, we gather to celebrate not only the resurrection, but the great lengths to which our God is willing to go in order that we, the lost, might be redeemed. Our God was willing to go to the cross for us. You see, without the risk of losing one’s life, the willingness to suffer, the humility to carry a cross, the resurrection is impossible.

Although the Sunday Bulletin remains an important source of our parish communications, we also provide two other excellent sources of timely information: our parish website at http://www.paloaltocatholic.org (available 24 hours a day!), and our weekly Friday morning eBulletin.

All are invited to pray the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, March 29, at 3:00pm. This year’s stations will be presented with movement, music, scripture and reflection.

Join us as we pray one of the most popular of Catholic Lenten devotions: The Stations of the Cross. We are pilgrims, in spirit, as we witness, and pray, at the scene of Christ’s Passion in Jerusalem.

The conclave that will elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI will begin on Tuesday, March 12. Voting on Friday evening, March 8, the College of Cardinals chose to open the conclave next Tuesday. The cardinals will celebrate a Mass pro eligendo Romano Pontifice in St. Peter’s basilica on Tuesday morning. Then the cardinal-electors will enter the Sistine Chapel in the afternoon to begin their deliberations.