Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

[What follows is a Lenten Reflection written by Father Darr Schoenhofen that he shared with the Parishes of Saint Malachy in Sherburne and Saint Theresa in New Berlin, New York on April 1, 2020. He has given me permission to share it with my readers. Father speaks the Truth with clarity and a needed sense of urgency. He reminds us why Jesus weeps and then asks: Do We? This reflection is well worth reading, pondering and sharing far and wide. I was unable to reproduce the image of our crucified Lord that Father used. I substituted another.] (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )   For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.   For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world may be saved through him .    — JN 3:16-17 Dear Friends in Christ, Beloved Parishioners, For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that w...

(St. Agatha's, Canastota, NY) I have been journeying through Lent this year with the aid of the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas. I thought you might find the following worthy of reflection and contemplation this Passion week: “The Passion of Christ suffices to reform completely our entire life. For whosoever desires to live perfectly, need do nothing more than despise those things which Christ on the cross despised, and love the things which Christ loved. For no example of virtue is absent from the cross.