The Fifth Sunday of
Lent indicates that we are moving right along in our journey toward
Easter. We have experienced many
exciting steps along the way. Last
weekend, Alpha’s “Day Away” retreat was very moving for all who were
present. The call to seeing as Christ
sees was heard by all and hearts opened to the Spirit of Jesus, Who is always
at work among us. This weekend, we hear
the call to Life. Jesus, Who Is the
Resurrection and the Life offers us the invitation to live this life and the
next to the full. Faith frees us to live
not according to the standards of the world, but according to God’s plan for
us.
This year, I was
invited to join the Focolare community for a retreat as the members from the
east regions of the United States and Canada gather at Mariapolis Luminosa in
Hyde Park, New York. This is a gathering
of all the various members, including men and women focolarini and families and
priests who are associated with the movement.
I am pleased to be able to participate with them as a kind of reunion
with the folks who hosted my sabbatical last fall. I will also be part of the usual priests’
retreat after Easter.
God has chosen to share
His own inner Life with us, the Life of the Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit Who
Live in Unity at the very heart of Reality.
My prayer this weekend is that we may all grow in the Unity that comes
from God so that the world may come to know Jesus, Who is the Way, the Truth
and the Life.
Thanks to all who are
filling in for me while I am away, especially Msgr. George Schlegel and the
Dominican Father Stephen Dominic Hayes, “the other Father Hayes” in the Diocese
of Columbus. Blessings to you all. May you experience ever more profoundly the
invitation to the Abundant Life offered to us by Jesus Christ.
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