We
are on the threshold of the three holiest days of the church year. Tomorrow we celebrate the Institution
of the Priesthood and the Perpetual Memorial of the Lord’s Last Supper which we
know of as “The Mass”; on Friday we
commemorate his life-giving Passion and Death (which was anticipated at that
supper); and Saturday evening (and
Easter Sunday) we rejoice with the Church as we proclaim Jesus Risen from the
dead, and we welcome new members into the Mystical
Body of the Church.
Our attitude ought to be one
of solemn yet joyful anticipation and reflection on such a wondrous display of
God’s love and mercy and forgiveness. He did not have to create us in the first
place; and he did not have to redeem us when we miserably failed the simple test
of loyalty that he gave us in the second place: but he did both: BECAUSE HE
LOVES US! May we love him back then, and thank him profusely by lives of giving
to others, all others, after the example of his own beloved Son, Jesus!
Hail
to you Jesus:
Lord,
King and Savior of the world!
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