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One can witness a storm, a fire, an earthquake from far away and see their impact. One can only hear a whisper if the Speaker is close. Elijah heard God in the simplest whisper. How would you respond to God’s voice?
Blessed James Oldo was a wealthy married man who shared the “good life” with his wife. Circumstances, however, changed his attitude and he began to see the futility of his lifestyle. He and his wife became Secular Franciscans and, upon her death, Blessed James became a priest.
We are all called to respond to the resurrection of Jesus. We either accept the wonderful thing that has happened or we write it off as a fraud of some sort.
“For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.” The passage from the Gospel of John (Jn 20:9) at the end of the reading for this Easter Sunday. Today is a day to celebrate mystery.
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre lived a poor life in the ruins of the Colosseum. To the uneducated eye, he appeared to be a pitiable figure, but the people of Rome saw him as a saint. He was known as the beggar of Rome.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous was a poor, uneducated peasant girl who no one would believe had seen apparitions of the Blessed Mother. But Mary had appeared to her, and Lourdes has become a popular shrine of devotion to Mary, the Immaculate Conception, and of healing.
Through a series of readings from Scripture at the Easter Vigil service, we review the execution of God’s plan of salvation that started with creation and evolved in the context of the history of God’s own people–a history that included liberation from slavery and a land of promise.
Knowing that Christ was willing to die for us is a profound message of how much we are loved. The challenge is to live out our lives as an expression of that love.
Saint Caesar de Bus decided to become a priest after a very negative experience in the military. He was successful in his ministry to combat heresy by teaching catechesis to ordinary parishioners.
Jesus died in the midst of sinners, comforted by only a few people who respected him. What part would I have played in the drama of Jesus’ death?
