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Reflection -   Weekend of Mar. 28 & 29

Question of the Week:



     Thankfully, we do not subscribe to the view that God is an angry, wrathful, vengeful God. In the oft quoted verse from 1 Corinthians, “love is patient, love is kind” (13:4), St. Paul reminds us what it truly means to love. He is showing us the face of God. To love like God is to love truth, to bear what life throws at us with quiet dignity, to return

rudeness with good manners, to seek what is best for others, to forgive.

     If we need a reminder that Our Father is merciful, we need only look at today’s Gospel. It is apparent that God is not a vengeful God. He doesn’t seek heavenly retribution on His Son’s many afflicters. Pilate lives to see another day. The soldiers who crown Jesus with thorns, scourge him, spit on him, slap him, mock him, cast lots for his clothes and nail him to a cross are not struck down. The high priests who betray Christ out of fear and jealously are not punished.

     He is not absent but rather very, very present. Upon Christ’s death, the veil of the sanctuary is torn in two, the earth shakes, stones are split, the saints who had fallen asleep rise from the dead. The Old Covenant is giving way to a New Covenant, whose foundation is love and mercy. When we extend God’s love to those in need, such as making a gift to the Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal, we are living this New Covenant. Please take this request to support the Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal to prayer.