Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Only in Matthew’s Gospel are we told who rolled away the stone that covered Joseph of Arimethea’s burial cave, in which the body of the crucified Jesus had been laid. “Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone, and sat on it.” (Mt 28:2)

At Trinity Cathedral on Maundy Thursday, bells rang in solidarity with Notre Dame.

“In the moments of despair, in the moments of the worst darkness, God had done something incredible,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry said in his Easter 2019 Message. “God had raised Jesus from the dead.”