What does Easter mean to you? I posed that question to a preschooler and he said, “Easter Bunny with lots of candy." I asked a teenager what Easter meant to her, “Fun in the sun; it's Spring Break!" I asked my hairdresser this week what Easter meant to her and she replied, “I'm going to church Sunday for the first time in five years." I asked a person facing death what Easter meant to him; with a tear in his eye he said, “I can live forever." What does Easter mean to you? Does it mean a new bonnet with a blue ribbon on it, a burst of spring, or a brand new life in Christ?

Let me take you past the empty tomb and the confused disciples on that first Easter morning to the power of the Resurrection in the life of the early Church. It was a power that changed the world. We know that from histo…