“Everything began with the grace of God – everything always begins with grace, not with our own efforts – with the grace of God, who is a Father and has given us so many good things, entrusting different talents to each of us. We possess a great wealth that depends not on what we possess but on what we are: the life we have received, the good within us, the indelible beauty God has given us by making us in his image. All these things make each of us precious in his eyes, each one of us is priceless and unique in history! This is how God looks at us, how God feels towards us.” -Pope Francis
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We continue our journey through Eastertide, experiencing the joy of the Risen Lord. This coming fourth Sunday of Easter traditionally features Jesus as the Good Shepherd, and is also kept annually as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
We continue to pray for war-torn countries, that they will find a Good Shepherd to guide them out of conflict.
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Friends, today’s Gospel (John 6:30–35) is from the bread of life discourse: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” What God has wanted from the beginning is to sit down with his creatures in a fellowship banquet, sharing life and laughter, giving, receiving, and giving back again.
This is the loop of grace. The more we receive the divine life, the more we should give it away and thereby get more of it.
Throughout the Old Testament, we find images of the holy banquet. On God’s holy mountain, Isaiah says there will be good meats and pure choice wines. And throughout his ministry, Jesus hosts meals to which all are invited. God wants to share his life with us.
This comes to fullest expression at the Eucharist, where Jesus changes the bread and the wine into his Body and Blood and then invites all of us around this table to feast and share life, to give and to receive and to give again.
-Bishop Robert Barron
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
- Psalm 118
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Day 9 - Where do we go from here? Sacred Heart Church’s Eucharistic Challenge!
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Treat Mom and support a great cause!
Pancakes will be free for all “Mothers” and all donations will benefit the “Special Olympics”
Breakfast served after the 7:30 & 9am masses
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Gifts and talents were on full display at the Open Hearts Talent Show. Dancers, singers, athletes, joke tellers, Disney trivia masters, artists - joy bringers were everywhere. All kinds of gifts are handed out by the Spirit to all kinds of people!
1 Corinthians 12:7 Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! MSG
#openhearts #exceptionalfamiliesministry #holyspirityouarewelcomehere
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Friends, in today’s Gospel (John 6:22–29), Jesus tells the crowd, which he just fed, to believe in him and relate to him personally. Why is this so hard? Well, it is intellectually counterintuitive. Why would this one figure, this Jesus, be the one and only? Why should I choose to relate to him and not the numerous other religious leaders and philosophers? Are all other religious people just lost or misguided? Wouldn’t it just be easier to relate to Jesus’ ideas and principles, to imitate his style of life? Yes, indeed it would, but that’s not what he says.
Perhaps we could look at it from Jesus’ side. Jesus no longer calls us “servants,” but “friends.” What if there were someone who wanted to be friends with you, and you were to say, “Oh sure! I admire you and would like to imitate your form of life, but I don’t want to spend a lot of time with you.” How would that strike your prospective friend?
What is unique to Christianity is that God is offering us friendship. You don’t mess around with friendship; you don’t turn it into something abstract; you don’t compromise with it. You enter into it fully.
-Bishop Robert Barron
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Day 7 - Witness to the Power of the Eucharist - Sacred Heart Church’s Eucharistic Challenge!
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