Easter Life - Now and Forever!
 | Pope Benedict XVI once asked a very interesting question that we might do well to ponder as we celebrate the Solemnity of Easter. “What would it mean if Easter, the resurrection of Jesus, had not taken place?” He goes on to say, “Well, if there were no resurrection, the story of Jesus would have ended with Good Friday. His body would have decayed and he would have become a has-been. But that would mean that God does not take initiatives in history, that he is either unable or willing to touch this world of ours, our human living and dying.” The Pope goes on to say that this would means that love is futile, for there would be no judgment and no justice. The present moment would be all that counts and right would belong to the cunning, who live without consciences.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
|
March 26, 2013 12:03
| Holy Week |
|
Holy Week this year begins on March 24th, a day that marks the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. His death was preceded by the assassination of Rotelio Grande, a Jesuit priest and personal friend of Romero. Padre Grande had been working among the campesinos trying to encourage them to become more self-reliant and less intimidated by a repressive government. When his friend died, Archbishop Romero thought, “If they killed him for doing what he did, then I too have to walk the same path.”
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
| |
March 19, 2013 14:59
| Be Christ to One Another |
March 24, 2013
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
One of the most inadequate phrases in the English language is “next of kin.” It is part of the language of bereavement and death. Obituaries list these people and they sit in the front row of the funeral home and the church. They are the ones to whom we express our sympathy but they may not include those who most feel the loss of the one who has died.
| |
March 19, 2013 14:57
|
|
