Let us think for a moment of the scene at Calvary and
let us listen once again to the words that Jesus addressed on the Cross to the
robber crucified at his right: "Truly, I say to you, today you will be
with me in Paradise"[1].
Let us think of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, when –after having
travelled a stretch of road with the Risen Jesus- they recognize Him and
quickly set out toward Jerusalem to announce the Lord's resurrection[2].
The Master's words come to mind with renewed clarity: "Let not your hearts
be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many
rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place
for you?"[3]. God has
truly appeared; He has become accessible; He has so loved the world "that
He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
eternal life"[4], and in the
supreme act of love - in the Cross- plunging into the abyss of death, He
conquered it, He rose and He opened the doors of eternity also to us. Christ
sustains us through the night of death, which He himself traversed: He is the
Good Shepherd, in whose guidance we can trust without any fear, since He knows
well the road, even in obscurity. Each Sunday, in reciting the Creed, we
reaffirm this truth. And in visiting cemeteries to pray with affection and love
for our dear departed ones, we are invited once again to renew with courage and
with strength our faith in eternal life; indeed, we are invited to live out
this great hope and to give witness to it in the world: Nothingness is not
behind this present moment. And it is precisely faith in eternal life that
gives the Christian the courage to love our world even more intensely, and to
work to build a future for it, to give it a true and lasting hope»[5]
■ Fr. Agustin, Pastor.viernes, 18 de noviembre de 2011
ON DEATH AND LIFE (3)
Let us think for a moment of the scene at Calvary and
let us listen once again to the words that Jesus addressed on the Cross to the
robber crucified at his right: "Truly, I say to you, today you will be
with me in Paradise"[1].
Let us think of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, when –after having
travelled a stretch of road with the Risen Jesus- they recognize Him and
quickly set out toward Jerusalem to announce the Lord's resurrection[2].
The Master's words come to mind with renewed clarity: "Let not your hearts
be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many
rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place
for you?"[3]. God has
truly appeared; He has become accessible; He has so loved the world "that
He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
eternal life"[4], and in the
supreme act of love - in the Cross- plunging into the abyss of death, He
conquered it, He rose and He opened the doors of eternity also to us. Christ
sustains us through the night of death, which He himself traversed: He is the
Good Shepherd, in whose guidance we can trust without any fear, since He knows
well the road, even in obscurity. Each Sunday, in reciting the Creed, we
reaffirm this truth. And in visiting cemeteries to pray with affection and love
for our dear departed ones, we are invited once again to renew with courage and
with strength our faith in eternal life; indeed, we are invited to live out
this great hope and to give witness to it in the world: Nothingness is not
behind this present moment. And it is precisely faith in eternal life that
gives the Christian the courage to love our world even more intensely, and to
work to build a future for it, to give it a true and lasting hope»[5]
■ Fr. Agustin, Pastor.
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