Beloved in Christ, One question that we must ask ourselves this Easter Sunday is: Did I resurrect with Christ this Easter? Today’s gospel tells us that Jesus left the linen cloths in the grave.  In order words he did not cling to any “worldly” thing or allowed them to pull him down.  If we must rise with Christ, we must equally be ready to detach ourselves from all unnecessary things that that pull us down spiritually.  Through our Lenten observances we died with Christ.  So let us rise with him through the power of the Holy Spirit for He has risen indeed Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!