Immaculate Heart of Mary

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April 18, 2021
The Third Sunday of Easter

(1 John 2:4) Those who say, “I know him,” but do not keep his commandments are liars, and the truth is not in them.  But whoever keeps His word, the love of God is truly perfected in Him. (Luke 24: 47-48) Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.  You are witnesses of these things.

My dear parishioners and friends,

The above texts are solemnly proclaimed during the Mass of the Third Sunday of Easter.  At first, they might seem a bit hard for Eastertide.  Yet the Church has good reason to ask us to reflect on them.  With her tender love our Holy Mother the Church, stands firm in the Biblical advice that we cannot persevere in Easter graces, unless we are willing to continue to take up the cross and follow in the Lord’s footsteps.   No cross, no crown.   We must die to sin so as to rise in Him.

Many years ago, I was at a wedding with my older sister.  At one point, I noticed that she had tears in her eyes.  She asked me: “Do you know why older people have tears at weddings?”  I said:  “Because you are so happy.”  However, in return she said to me:  “No, it is because we know how hard life can be.” [... more ...]

"For the needy will never be forgotten, nor will the hope of the afflicted ever fade."  Psalm 9:19

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