Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Catching up

It's been a difficult few weeks. Waiting for Terri to starve to death realy tempered the spirit of Easter for me. Today is Terri's Funeral Mass, so Catholic Exchange is running a homily that was given on Good Friday by Rev. Francis de Rosa of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. Here are the opening paragraphs:

Today as we remember the Passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, I feel compelled to place our meditation within the context of the heart-wrenching drama that has unfolded in our nation since last Friday. In fact it has saturated my spirit and has made this Holy Week for me personally the most painful one in my entire life. I know that I am not the only one with these sentiments, as many have asked the question why in the mystery of God’s plan this tragedy has happened this of all weeks.

If it is true that in Christ we live and move and have our being, and if it is true that by baptism we are made members of His Mystical Body; and if it is true that this new status enables us to make up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ; if we are to see Christ in other people, especially those who are helpless, then it is absolutely impossible to fail to contemplate what can justly be called the passion of Theresa Marie Schiavo.

The parallels with the Passion of our beloved Lord are striking to consider. It is as if Jesus, present in this poor sister of ours, bore again the opprobrium of the world. It is as if in the mystery of Divine Providence our nation has acted out during this Holy Week its own passion play. It is as if our nation, through its destruction of this innocent life, were crying out for her blood to be upon us and upon our children.

To read the rest of the homily, click here

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Absolutely beautiful. You are so on track Rebecca. God Bless

Unknown said...

Hellooooo, anybody in there?

Where did you go Rebecca. Did you start annother blog else where?