Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

We thank Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You   and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   once again for  hosting Catholic bloggers at  Worth   Revisiting .   It is a privilege for us to share our work with them and their readers each week.  Stop by for a visit now .    This is my contribution:   He Is Alive and Waiting For You   (Originally posted on April 23, 2011)   (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Our Churches will be packed this Easter Sunday, filled by an influx of infrequent visitors and with the pungent fragrances flowing from the multi-colored spring flowers that will surround our altars and fill our sanctuaries. How pleased Our Lord will be to see so many there. How hopeful He is that all will return. The songs we sing, the Scripture readings we proclaim and the homily we hear will remind us that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so that we too would have ...

Charlie: God has prompted me to share this little story.   I thought you would enjoy it and maybe pass it on. Harry had known Larry for years. Larry was a wonderful man who for most of his life did everything He could to bring honor and glory to God. He obeyed God’s commandments and shared God’s love with those around him. He gave of his time generously to help those less fortunate than himself. Larry led a good life but eventually became a little complacent in his faith and stopped going to Mass on Sunday.   He had always gone to Mass because he loved being there with His Lord and others who believed. Overtime, he forgot St. Paul ’s advice that it is not how we start the race but how we finish it that counts. Larry told Harry that he had stopped going to Mass.   Harry loved Larry very much.   Although it was difficult to do so, he reminded Larry that it was a mortal sin not to attend Mass on Sunday.   But he quickly reminded Larry that all he h...