A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at St. Aidan's parish in Toronto, on April 22, 2025.

The nature of the Easter Octave is that it be filled with joy. This year it is mingled with a sorrow, and upheaval in which we feel orphaned, but also weighed down by the urgency of the moment. The Church really needs a shepherd. It needs its vicar. We are forlorn.

Dic nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via?
Tell us, Mary: say what thou didst see upon the way.

A big concern had been who would remove the stone. We must nurture the optimism that is proper to Easter, and maintain it all our life.