LOVE WINS!

Happy Resurrection Sunday!

There is great power in Jesus, but we must understand today, Resurrection Sunday.

We read in St. John’s Gospel,

They (Peter and John) did not yet understand the Scripture that He had to rise from the dead.

John 20:9

The understanding of the Resurrection’s significance in our lives is essential in order to tap into the power of the Resurrection in our lives. Jesus did not rise and disappear! He stayed with His Disciples for 40 days! They had to be taught! The event of the Resurrection is the central point in in history! No one has ever been nailed to the cross with witnesses that could testify to seeing a person die and be buried and on the third day rise from the tomb!

After 40 days of instruction, in ten days immediately following Ascension Thursday, when Jesus ascended to the right hand of Father God, God sent the Holy Ghost to finish the instruction! Christianity is the product of this instruction!

And we are not finished yet!

Easter Sunday, Resurrection Day, is not over! We have 50 days to be instructed by the Word, our spiritual reading and our meditation!

We need this time because if we can understand the Resurrection, we know that nothing can destroy us!

In the final analysis, LOVE WINS!

Pax, The Hermit of Peace

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Enter Into the Mystery and Be Renewed!

Happy Ash Wednesday!

We now enter into Holy Season of Lent, and it is a special time for us. This is a wonderful time to develop a closer relationship with Jesus, with our loved ones and with one another. This is our time to grow our faith and become the people that we were created to be, Children of God!

We read is the Gospel of St. Matthew:

Jesus said to his disciples, “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your Heavenly Father.”

Matthew 6:1

The message given by Jesus to His disciples is given to us today. We are the disciples today! We are in relationship with the Father through Jesus. Our righteous actions give glory to the Lord, and it is the Lord who will reward us because we do these things for the Greater Glory of God!

The Season of Lent can become a life changing experience if we enter into the mystery of God’s Love for us! It is a time to allow ourselves to be transformed into the people we were created to be, Children of God!

May we we allow ourselves to be recreated during this Holy Season!

Pax. The Hermit of Peace.

Be Teachable!

Humility is Truth!

It seems that human beings have this tendency to judge each other. For whatever reason, people will look at someone else and see how they are lacking in something that makes them less perfect. It seems to make the judging person feel better about themselves. This common approach hides the reality that we all need to be healed!

Jesus, in the Parable of the Two Sons, is helpful here.

Jesus said, “what do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go out to the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘no’; but afterwards he repented and went.”
Matthew 31:28-29

In this selection from Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus is referring to public sinners who said no to living God’s way and took the way of the world. These individuals, with the preaching of John, the Baptist, repented.

Humility is being teachable!

The conversion of the public sinners did not change the hearts of those who were proper members of the culture that Jesus belonged to. They seemed to believe that they did not need to change. The words of John the Baptist could not reach them because they were not teachable.

All of us fall short of the Divine Love that God wants us to live in the here and now. John, the Baptist, call is for all people.

May we all be humble, be teachable and love each other better each day!

Pax.

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