Easter is the holiest week on the Christian calendar, but church-goers and faith leaders around the world will be doing their services and worship very differently this year.

Father Paul Lundrigan is the pastor of the Roman Catholic parishes of Torbay, Flatrock and Pouch Cove.

He says Good Friday usually sees a steady stream of people coming to the church, but that won’t happen this year.

Father Paul says COVID-19 makes Easter and the Easter message even more poignant this year and the story of Passover rings more significantly to many in light of the current pandemic.

He says the Disciples scattered out of fear for their own lives amid death and destruction.

A small group of them locked themselves away out of fear. Father Paul says we’re able to apply some of those lessons to our current situation and understand more profoundly what the people of that time went through.

People could not come together for the first Passover, and huddled together in their homes with sparse amounts of food.

Father Paul says in many ways, this Easter will be one of the most significant the Christian community has seen.

As hard as it is, he says this Easter will be the most poignant most have ever experienced, because we are living it.

You can hear his complete conversation with VOCM’s Fred Hutton below: