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He Gave His Only Son

"Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

John 21:29

• There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.


• The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.


• In the West there is loneliness, which I call the leprosy of the West. In many ways it is worse than our poor in Calcutta. (Commonweal, Dec 19, 1997)


• It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.


• The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. and they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them.


• I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?


• I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness.


• Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.


• If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

~Mother Teresa~

The holiest time of the year, The Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, has come and gone. We watched as the newly baptized and confirmed were blessed with the graces of those precious sacraments. We set about going back to our normal routines now that Easter has passed. But now, more than ever, our church needs us to hold on to the practices we tried to adhere to during Lent. We need to continue to renew our religious practices and our prayer life. We need to continue to grow closer to Jesus. There is no reason to stop now that Lent and Holy Week have passed. Let the practices we started continue throughout the year.

As the Church is being attacked in the media over and over again, our religious leaders need your steadfast love and support to overcome the insults and outright meanness of the people trying to bring the Church down. We know that Jesus has won the war, but battles are left to be fought. Without a strong and continued prayer life we won't have the necessary skills to put off the offenders. We need to bring them into the love our Lord wants all of us to share. Prayer will get us to the place we need to be, whether by example, or explanation, we'll be able to spread that love in our circle of acquaintances, and in turn hopefully they'll go out and spread that love.

Even the Holy Father is not shielded from the accusations that we've been dealing with for several years now. We must hold our heads up high and be proud to be a Catholic. Yes, there have been mistakes made by our priests and bishops, these men are not immune from sin, we are all humans, all parts of society makes mistakes. For the most part we have holy men and women that work to bring us closer to Jesus and our everlasting eternity. The hype is over from Easter and we're back to the day in and out of normal times. At least that's what it seems. We do have Mercy Sunday and the whole Easter season continuing. Pray and sing alleluia!

You are all loved!

URLVD

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