Easter Octave, Thursday, Apr 16
Acts 3:11-26 / Luke 24:35-48
Jesus instructs
his disciples: “You are to be my witnesses.”
Jesus underscores three things in
this reading:
(1)
the reality
of the resurrection,
(2)
the necessity
of the cross, and
(3)
the urgency
of the task of preaching the Good News to all nations.
Red Indian Prayer for the Earth
Red Indian Prayer for the Earth
1.
*Give us hearts to understand;*
Never to take
from creation's beauty more than we give;
Never to
destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;
Never to deny
to give our hands for the building of earth's beauty;
Never to take
from her what we cannot use.
Easter Octave, Tuesday, Apr 14
Acts 2:36-43 / John 20:11-18
Jesus speaks to Mary of Magdala: “Stop holding on to
me. ”
A mother had just returned from
driving her only son to college. She walked into his empty room, clutching a
note he had written her. She began to cry uncontrollably, realizing that his
new world at college would never be her world—their world. Finally, after a
long cry, she let go of the note and let it fall to the floor. In the months
ahead, after the pain of separation had
worn off, the mother discovered something remarkable. By “letting go” of her
son, she found that they could love each
other in a whole new way—an adult way that was far more fulfilling than the
earlier mother-child relationship. Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)
discovered the same thing after she let go of the earthly Jesus and began
relating to the risen Jesus.
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