Edward Cardinal Egan, who vowed to celebrate his final Easter Week services at St. Patrick's Cathedral in spite of a recent hospitalization, did not deliver last night's mass. Last week, a stomach virus kept him in the hospital for a few days and doctors also recommended he receive a pacemaker, but Egan returned to deliver Holy Thursday and Good Friday services; on Friday, sitting at a table instead of standing, he told parishioners, "None of us in our lives expect to really escape suffering. I may tell you it's an experience that's more intensive as you grow older." The 77-year-old head of the NY Archdiocese, who is retiring this week (Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee will be installed as his successor on Sunday), is leading today's Easter mass at 10:15 a.m. After he steps down, he will lead, according to the Post, "a French-speaking flock at the new Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary mission on 33rd Street and First Avenue."