My favourite mass of the whole year is the Easter Vigil Mass. It’s a beautiful evening and truly fit for the most glorious resurrection of our King Jesus. The lighting of candles, the story of our salvation read during the liturgy, the Psalms…everything about this mass is absolutely beautiful. I couldn’t help myself from smiling during the readings and through the Eucharistic liturgy because I kept hearing a whisper in my heart….it was like the Lord repeatedly said “I love you” in all of the readings.
Last Saturday, our Auxiliary Bishop, John Boissoneau, celebrated mass with us. Not only this, there were 6 individuals baptized and 2 additional souls confirmed into our Parish family at St. Charles Borromeo! The whole mass was 3 hours long, but I spent those 3 hours in anticipation, joy, and awe of God’s beauty and glory.
It is such a blessing to witness re-birth. The true joy I feel whenever someone chooses a life with God can never be taken away from me. Baptisms always remind that the joy I feel when another person chooses a life with Christ, is just a fraction of what God feels for me when I choose Him.
Tomorrow, I will have the blessing of witnessing and serving at the pray-over session of a mission SFC CLP in Durham. The mission always reminds me that not everyone sees things the way that I do. Satan has twisted how many people view Jesus, the Church, the gifts of Joy and Love. The misconceptions and lies about God and His love for us runs deep in our society.
The reality is that there is a great need for Love in the world. The Good news is that Love Himself is greater than our most urgent needs.
So, I’ll carry this God given joy with me as I go about my life in Truth. Even if I struggle to do so, my tiny hope is that this joy will be enough of a light to infect other hearts.
A.M.D.G.