+ 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! – simply because he loves them no more and no less than he loves us –
for he loves us each totally and completely according to our capacity to be
loved! – which we have control of totally
and completely!
Hail
to you Jesus:
Lord,
King and Savior of the world!
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