Editors note 4/24/25 | Letters to the Editor

With spring and Easter come flowers and signs of hope. Harvard sues. The Supreme Court asserts itself. A senator visits the man deported by mistake. Protests mount. Markets protest. Still, there’s trouble all around. “Resurrection happens in the midst of darkness,” is the Easter message of Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy, OP, a member of the leadership team of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. Here are excerpts: “Ministering in a home for immigrant women, I am witness to the pain of our new arrivals who have lost everything – home, family, language, culture. Now they find themselves threatened again as they try to rebuild their lives. Promises that things will get better seem hollow and as empty as the tomb.” She continues: “Dawn comes gradually, a slow transition from darkness to light until, suddenly, the sun breaks over the horizon. Vulnerable hearts gradually open once more to possibilities. One woman graduates from high school. A child suffering the effects of trauma finally sleeps through the night. Another woman receives work authorization for five years – and we all rejoice.” Sister Kathlyn concludes: “Resurrection comes in big and small ways when we’re open to see it. We can only prepare for it by being present in the darkness, standing with those who are suffering, ready to rejoice with them when the light dawns.” The full message is available on the Dominicans’ website, springfieldop.org. – Fletcher Farrar, editor