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SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: August 11 2013:19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: August 11 2013: Nineteenth Sunday in
Looking for treasure?
Ordinary Time. Letter to Sinead, Mark and Friends,- young adults searching together for life. (This week’s letter is written by Sarah Kelly, a young adult in her twenties. Thanks, Sarah!) Gospel: Luke 12:32-48. Find it in your own Bible or missal.
Dear Friends. 
In today’s Gospel, Jesus begins by assuring us that, “There is no need to be afraid”. But it is something which so easily befalls us, his “little flock”. This message is very much meant for us, his disciples in 2013. It may seem like there is trouble and strife at every single corner, or you may be just having a bad day, but at the heart of it all is Jesus, who cares so deeply about you. He tells you to not be afraid, and He cradles you in His loving arms with such joy, that He cannot bare to let you go, but He must. Be assured that you live in His light. Even when you feel the trials and disappointments of this life are only chains around your heels, know this, that Jesus has been through this way, and He is still very much here. Today’s Gospel informs us that we do not know the hour when the Lord shall return, but that is the power of His mystery. Amidst this unknowing, He first entered into our world. Even then, he was not a stranger to sorrow and suffering. Our Lord departed this earth in the most excruciating manner. Nothing of his sojourn on earth was easy or comfortable. In one of her visions, Our Lady told St. Bernadette of Lourdes that “I cannot promise to make you happy in this life, but in the next”. Now, this does not mean we are to sit back and wait for God to come, but rather be busy with the tasks, how ever small, that He has entrusted to you. You may recall a couple of weeks ago I told you about Cardinal Newman? He meditates that ‘God has created me to do Him some definite service’, and how ‘this particular service He has not entrusted to another’. This is very true. In spite of all the doom and gloom my friends, and obstacles at every turn, God can lift these high above us, and transform them into something great. Interestingly, Jesus talks about treasure and like
'Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also!'- or is it the other way 'round?- 'Where your heart is, there will be your treasure also!' - Search me!
that of pirates of lore, it is often buried treasure we are seeking. We have the map, and the ‘X’ marks the spot, but our ‘X’ looks more like a cross ‘+‘ and it is stamped over our hearts, because that is where our real treasure lies. That is where Jesus is. We spend so much time concentrating on the map, and searching outside of ourselves. We quite often exhaust and annoy ourselves in the pursuit of what will fulfil us, and there it is, buried within. St. Catherine of Genoa once said, that “my
The Cross marks the spot!
deepest me is God”. Therefore, where your treasure is, your heart, there you will find God. So, dear friends. Look inside you to find the treasure.
God bless.
Sarah.
P.S. from Fr. Seamus: got the POPE APP today for iphone! Great stuff! Lots of the things that Francis said to the young people in Rio! Tell your friends.
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Feast Day, August 1st.
FEAST OF ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, AUGUST 1st.
To learn about Alphonsus Liguori, Founder of the Redemptorists, click here to listen to YouTube, a 6 minute talk given by Fr. Michael Brehl, former Provincial of the Redemptorists of the Edmonton/Toronto Province, and now Superior General of the Redemptorists, in Rome.
Today, throughout the world, Redemptorists and Redemptoristines celebrate the feast day of our Founder, and give thanks for him.
For a brief resume of his life, click here.
Find the Irish Redemptorists on Facebook by clicking here!
Find the Irish Redemptoristines, and read about Sr. Monica’s recent Solemn Profession, by clicking here.
SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: July 28, 2013: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: July 28, 2013: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year of Luke.
Gospel for this Sunday: Luke 11,1-13, re the OUR FATHER, and prayer. Find it in your own Bible or Sunday Missal, or click here.
Sheldon Cooper at his friend's door! From 'The Big Bang Theory' TV series.
Letter to Sinead, Mark and Friends, -young adults in search of faith and understanding.
(This week’s letter is written by Sarah Kelly, who is in her 20′s. Thanks, Sarah!).
Dear Friends.
Do you ever wonder about your prayer? Am I praying right? How should I pray? Does God hear me? We constantly worry about how we are praying that we often forget to pray. Here, the disciples of Jesus face a similar dilemma. They ask him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” When reading this particular piece of Scripture I always see Jesus smiling at His disciples and looking at them with a gaze of pure love. His followers still don’t realize fully who is in their midst. If they could only see that just being with Him is itself a prayer, how comforted they would feel. Jesus then turns to them, and He utters the most powerful and beautiful prayer. Pope John Paul II stated that the only way to approach the contemplation of Christ’s face is by listening in the Spirit to the Father’s voice.
Now, it is a different translation to the one we often pray at Mass, or in private prayer. But the sentiment is still the same. We are praying to God, the Father, whose name is to be always held as holy. We anticipate the coming of His kingdom, and we ask Him to give us daily our bread who is His son, Jesus. We ask Him to forgive the hurt we cause Him and others, but also that we may forgive those who hurt us, and we ask not to be put to the test. What this prayer signifies, ultimately, is our relationship with the One we call ‘Our Father’. By saying this prayer, what we are in fact declaring is our absolute reliance and total dependence on God. This does not make us weak, rather quite the opposite. The fact that we can stand, sit, or kneel in the presence of the One who made us, and call Him Our Father makes us strong.
Now my friends, what did Jesus do next? He wasn’t going to wander off topic, as some of us may do in prayer. But rather, He continues to teach them about prayer. I wonder if they understood this? Sometimes we forget that the people whom Jesus chose to follow Him were just like you and me. Prayer is ultimately a conversation between you and God, and no matter how many times you repeat the same thing over and over again, He hears you. It might not seem that way, but eventually He will “get up and give his friend all they want”.
One of my favourite tv programmes is ‘The Big Bang Theory’. Strangely enough it came to mind while I was reflecting over today’s Gospel. In particular, one of the characters, Sheldon Cooper. Quite often than not we see and hear him knocking persistently on one of his friends doors, and repeating their name as he does so. That is one of the many images which comes to my mind today. Imagine the annoyance you would feel if someone was always doing that to you? Knocking on your door and repeating your name each time? It. . . would. . be. . .very. . .irritating. Eventually, you would be obliged to open
And Jesus knocks at our door, too!
the door only to end the dreaded chorus. And yet, in today’s Gospel we read that “the one who knocks will always have the door opened to them”. I guess it pays to be persistent. Imagine that it is God knocking on your heart, just like the character Sheldon, waiting patiently for you to open it to Him, and vice versa. When you pray, you are knocking, as it were, on the very heart of God, and even though you feel the door is closed, it is open. Sometimes we are so afraid to keep knocking because we are in fear of being rejected, hurt and let down. We cannot imagine that something good is behind that door. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, He taught them to call God ‘Father’. Therefore, in this light, “what Father among you would hand his son or daughter a stone when they asked for bread? Or hand them a snake instead of a fish? Or hand them a scorpion if they asked for an egg?”. God doesn’t give us what we want, He gives us what we need. God is not like any other. Not only does He give us what we need, but so much more since “how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”. My oul friend, St. Therese the Little Flower, poignantly notes that “prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy”.
The Danish Philosopher, Theologian and poet Soren Kirkegaard once said about prayer, that “praying does not mean listening to yourself speak; praying means calming down and being still and waiting until you hear God”. Today, my one hope for you is that in your prayer, you hold nothing back. Do not be afraid, and tell our Father everything. Just talk to Him and above all, just BE in His presence. Keep knocking on the door, because behind it, God’s very self is listening.
Pray with all your heart,
God bless.
Sarah.
Sunday July 21st, Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer.
This Sunday, July 21st, is the third Sunday in July, and is, for Redemptorists and
This Window is behind the High Altar in Esker Church: it depicts the Most Holy Redeemer, holding his Cross of Victory, and blessing the world.
Redemptoristines throughout the world, the Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Redemptoristines are The Order of the Most Holy Redeemer’, O.Ss.R., and
Redemptorists are The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,- a Congregation of priests and brothers under that title. The letters C.Ss.R. come from the Latin ‘Congregatio Santissimi Redemptoris’, and it is from this that the name ‘Redemptorists’ derives.
In Esker, behind the High Altar, this window shows the Most Holy Redeemer.
Please pray for Redemptoristines and Redemptorists and all their c0-workers and associates, throughout the world.
Please be with us in living our baptismal calling to heal the world and to lead the world back to the One who sets the world free.
‘Feed my lambs, Feed my sheep!‘ says the Lord to us all.
Irish Redemptorist Missionaries are found in Ireland, Brazil, Philippines, Mozambique, as well as in Siberia and Rome.
Currently about 80 young SERVE volunteers are working, this Summer, in Mozambique, Brazil, Philippines, India, South Africa. Please keep them in your prayers during July and August.
'The arms of Christ reach out towards two disciples': Installation in St. Clement's Redemptorist College, Limerick, Ireland. Installation by Seamus Devitt C.Ss.R. 2011.
FAMILY FUN DAY, this Coming Weekend, July 13th, 14th, 2013!
FAMILY FUN DAY, this Coming Weekend, Sunday July 14th: 2pm to 5.30pm. Come with all the family, for lots of fun, craic galore, Fancy Dog Show, and much more. A great day for the whole family, all in support of the ministries of Esker Retreat Centre and Youth Village. Tell your friends about it!
Wheel of Fortune, Bar-B-Q, Fruit & Veg & Plant Stall, Sports, Face Painting, Live Music, Ceili and Old Time Dancing, Open Air Trad Session (ALL musicians welcome!) Pony Rides, Pony & Trap, Bouncy Castle, Tea & Coffee, Dog Show 3pm, Horse Shoe Throwing…etc.
Doggies… Don’t forget that your show begins at 3pm, but you can enter at 2pm, but remember, NO LEAD, NO ENTRY!. Judging begins at 3pm sharp. Come looking your best, in your best bib and tucker!
Gifts of bottles and other items are still welcome and can be left into the Monastery Reception during the week! Thanks a million!
See July-August Events on the Carousel, for retreats by Fr. Sean Moore, C.Ss.R., on Saturday 13th July (‘Everyday Spirituality’) and Sunday 14th July (‘Ways of Christian Meditation’).
Soul Food for Hungry Adult Communities: Feast of Corpus Christi, June 2, 2013.
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ: June 2, 2013.
Mass Readings: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, and Luke 9:11-17. Click here for Mass Readings for this Sunday.
One Year On:
ASTONISHED HEARTS, – a Reflection on the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, June 17th, 2012
The mood was infectious as we walked towards Croke Park for the Final Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress, on June 17th, last year. We wended our way past some slower walkers, crossed busy junctions, were overtaken by groups singing their way to the Mass. ‘What’s the best way to the Hogan Stand?’, we asked a few times. There are some counties, as Joe Duffy reminded us inside, that haven’t been to Croke Park too often!
Croke Park, Dublin. Eucharistic Congress 2012
With plenty of time to spare for all the build-up before Mass began, there was time too for reflection. Here were 70,000+ people who wanted to be there. There was a mystery to be relished, together,- that miracle that happens daily on so many altars in so many places. That miracle also of who we are.
We were celebrating, with quietly astonished hearts. ‘Take and eat, this is my body, given for you!’ ‘Greater love than this no-one has, that a man would lay down his life for his friends. And you are my friends…’ ‘If I the Master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash each other’s feet.’ ‘God so loved the world…!’ ‘The Word was made flesh…’ We had an everyday, ordinary astonishment.
Detail, from Byzantine mosaic in Galilee.
And that’s why our feet were all pointing in the one direction that Sunday,- we were gathering our quiet faith, our quiet joy and astonishment, into one celebration. We experienced deep down that the world has been given that ‘pearl of great price’ that was to die for,- God among us in Christ, one body with us, one flesh and blood with us, with heart poured out and shared with us in the simplest gesture of the Breaking of Bread.
And when the penny drops, and ‘This is my body…’, ‘The Word was made flesh and
The everyday miracle of our Eucharistic gathering.
dwelt amongst us’ suddenly or slowly captivates us, we live from then on with astonished hearts. The Eucharist does that to us!
The Eucharistic Congress gave us this gift, for us to bring home to our streets and villages and communities again.
Séamus Devitt C.Ss.R. seamus.devitt@redemptorists.ie
Click here for a Poem/Reflection by Seamus Devitt C.Ss.R., on The Wonderful Gift (Eu-Charis) given to us.
Soul Food for Hungry Adult Communities, May 5, 2013, 6th Sunday of Easter.
SOUL FOOD FOR HUNGRY ADULT COMMUNITIES, May 5, 2013, 6th Sunday of Easter.
As a priest, I love it when a couple arrive for their wedding rehearsal the night before the
wedding, and the ‘bride’ has the curlers in the hair, a scarf over them, and no make-up or jewellery on. But the next day, there is a radiant difference. Well, sometimes the ‘bride of Christ’ has no makeup on, and doesn’t always look her best,- and sometimes, in some ways, doesn’t really look the part. But that’s ok, too. We’re on the way, we’re pilgrims, and we’re none of us too perfect in reality!
‘I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ These words come immediately before the words of the Second Reading, from Apocalypse 21:10-14, 22-23. The ‘bride that the Lamb has married’ is us,- the people of God, the church, but this time seen with eyes of faith, as God sees us, as the radiant bride of Christ. The Lamb sees us as we can become, with the grace of God, ‘without spot or wrinkle’ when grace prevails.
‘Christ is the light of the nations’ and ‘the light of Christ …is resplendent on the face of the church.’ Again, ‘the Church is a sacrament –that is, a sign and instrument- of communion with God and of the unity of the entire human race.’ Sometimes the ‘sacrament’ is very ordinary, and apparently flawed, but the mystery and the wonder is that the people of God are indeed the ‘spouse’, the ‘bride’ of Christ Jesus. He loves us to bits, and is in the process of making us whole and beautiful. (Those quotations above are in the very first paragraph of the very first document produced about 50 years ago, at the Vatican Council. Christ is the ‘Lumen Gentium’, the Light of the World.) Now, read again today’s reading from the Apocalypse,- read it slowly, and relish the imagery; the holy city, with ‘all the radiant glory of God and glittering like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond’. ‘The City did not need the sun or the moon for light, since it was lit by the radiant glory of God and the Lamb was the lighted torch for it.’ It takes faith to see the People of God, the Church, this way, but that’s how God sees us. Olé!
Now, have a slow read of the Gospel of today,- from the long discourse given on the last night of his life, among the chosen twelve, but spoken to the whole people of God who are founded on these same twelve ‘pillars’ of God’s temple- from John 14: 23-29. See how, again, Jesus tells us all that the Father, Son and Spirit are living with us, in us,- individually and in our communities when we ‘keep my words’ as Jesus says: ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them and we will come to them and make our home with them’ (v.23) Yes, we are indeed ‘temples’, ‘a city’ of God.
And the Holy Spirit/Paraclete/Advocate/Comforter will come and be with us and teach us all things, and remind us of all that Jesus has said to us. Paraclete and Advocate are the same thing, one in Greek, the second in Latin, meaning Someone we call to be by our side,- either in court, or in daily living. The Spirit is with us, full stop.
And, with all the stresses and pains and worries, Jesus says ‘Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you.’- but not as the world gives. His peace is a deep-down peace, a deep joy within us, no matter what the storms about us are, as a community or nation, or family or individuals. ‘Peace I leave with you’. (Find this on Youtube: click here)
Peace be with you all, in the Risen Lord! Remember, even with the curlers, we are still ‘the bride’ of Christ, together!
Seamus Devitt C.Ss.R. seamus.devitt@redemptorists.ie
Soul Food for Young Adult Communities, May 5, 2013. 6th Sunday of Easter.
SOUL FOOD FOR YOUNG ADULT COMMUNITIES. 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER, MAY 5th, 2013.
(A community can be two, three or any number. Two friends are always a good start.)
The Gospel for this Sixth Sunday of Easter is from St. John’s Gospel, during the final night of his life, with his friends, when he had so many gifts to leave with them. Find it in John 14, verses 23 to 29. Click here for Mass Readings for this Sunday.
Letter to Sinead, Mark and Friends, – young adults.
Dear Sinead, Mark and Friends,
Got a text message about three days ago from the Mom of a dear friend whom I’ve known since he was very young. I’ll call him K for short. K has been struggling with drug addiction for several years, and was at death’s door a few times earlier this year. At last, he chose to go for help into a rehab centre. He’s out now, and making a go of it. His Mom
texted me: ‘K is doing well. Talked to him last night. Thank God… and thanks to many people for their prayers. He is back to mass and says the only way he can stay well is having God in his life. A miracle. Talk soon.’ Knowing how far down he was a few months ago, this is certainly a miracle. K has found some peace, and it wasn’t from himself, for sure.
Maybe, for him and for us, there’s eating and drinking and new life and hope is this Sunday’s Gospel reading, from John 14: 23-29.
Jesus, in the most intimate and important night of his life, with his chosen twelve gathered around him, leaves them (= us, in this generation) three gifts, in this passage of St. John.
- He leaves them his own and his Father’s presence, with them, within them: ‘Those who love me will keep my word and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’ (verse 23).
- He leaves them the Holy Spirit, who will teach us everything and remind us of all that Jesus as said to us. (verse 26). The words he uses here, about the Holy Spirit, are ‘Paraclete’, a Greek word, or Advocate (a Latin word), both of which mean ‘Someone you call to stand by your side’,- whether in a law-court, or just as a friend and companion, a ‘Comforter’, someone who makes you strong, who’s your forever friend.
- ‘Peace I leave you,- my peace I give you’,- a different kind of peace from what the world might give us, but a peace and confidence and joy deep down in us, a trust that, whatever may happen, all manner of things will be well.
Could you talk about these gifts among yourselves, in your own community or group? Could you remind each other that God the Father, and Jesus and the Holy Spirit (The Most Holy Trinity) are here and now making their home in each of us, and in our community (of 2 or more!) if we welcome the Word of Jesus?
Could we encourage each other that we indeed have a Teacher, a Companion, a Friend-by-our-side, one who makes us strong ,- ‘confirms’ us, makes us firm in faith and life, – a forever friend ?
Could we lift each other’s spirits up with the reminder that Jesus wants greatly to give us his peace?
Read the passage again, slowly, asking the same Spirit to open your heart and mind to the gifts being offered. Find a friend or two to share the passage with you. And remember, Father, Son and Spirit are making their home with the lot of you.
You might enjoy listening to this with a few friends. There are young folk-groups that love it. ‘Lord, I give you my heart‘, featuring Holly Dawson. Click here.
Fr. Seamus Devitt, C.Ss.R. seamus.devitt@redemptorists.ie.
Third Sunday of Easter, 2013: April 14th.
Today’s Gospel is from Chapter 21 of St. John’s Gospel. See Mass Readings for Today, nearby. It’s the story as told by the NET!
‘A NET, BURSTING’:
I was just sitting there, late that evening, minding my own business, in my usual place.
Seven big fellows were having a yarn, nearby. One of them was my boss. He said to his mates, ‘I’m going fishing!’, and they all decided to go with him. So they just grabbed me, and threw me into the back of the boat. The usual treatment! I knew some of the men;- John, Jim were locals from the village. Nat was from up the road about ten miles. I heard them call another one ‘Tom the Twin’. Two others I did not know,- but they were certainly not used to this kind of place. They all climbed in. Last of all, my boss Simon pushed the boat out and then climbed in. Two of them sat on me.-as usual! It was night.
All night long they just kept throwing me out on the water, dragging me along, then after a while drawing me in. I could see their disappointment,- there was nothing in me. I was empty. I did what they told me, but nothing happened. I felt useless. All those fish out there somewhere,- but I didn’t catch a thing. What kind of net am I, anyway?
The night went on. They tried and tried again. No dice. Nothing. Zilch! They were fed up. My boss was embarrassed, because after all it was his boat, and his idea to go fishing, and he brought these lads from town out for a night’s fishing. He was the expert here, and he had nothing to show for it.
The light was dawning now. As they turned the boat yet again, they said that there was someone standing on the shore, a hundred yards away or so. They didn’t know who he was, but he shouted across to the boat, ‘Catch nothing, lads?’ ‘Nothing’ was all they could shout back. Then the voice ‘Throw it to the RIGHT side, and you’ll be surprised what happens!’
The fishermen looked at each other. They were old hands at this job. They had tried all night and nothing happened. Who was this guy to tell them how to fish. Anyway, they listened. Once again, they took hold of me, and with a mighty heave threw me overboard again, in the direction the man on the shore had said. I can tell you this, I was expecting NOTHING. ‘Once more, NOTHING’ is what I said to myself as I hit the water and sank down.
Well, you should have seen what happened then. All these great big fish came straight toward me, threw themselves at me. I could hardly cope. They were jumping and leaping, and I seemed to be holding them all in my arms,- me who usually caught only small crabs and little fish and rubbish!- here I was now BURSTING! In all my years so far, nothing like this had ever happened to me. It hadn’t happened to my boss either, I can tell you. The big guys in the boat tried pulling me in, but just couldn’t do it,- there were just so many fish in me.
While they were shouting and laughing with delight, John (I remember the moment well) John the fisherman shouted to the other lads ‘LOOK, IT IS THE LORD!’ I didn’t know what he meant, but my boss surely did. He took one look towards the man on the shore, and grabbed his old cloak (for he was in his boxers) and just jumped in right beside where I was. He just left me, he did. Here was the biggest prize he had ever got, and he just leaves it all behind. I was disgusted. He swam towards the Man like he never swam before. That Man must have been someone real special for my boss.
Jim, John and the others began rowing,- very slowly because I was being dragged along behind, I was so full of jumping excited fish. They came to the beach, pulled the boat in out of the water, and just left me there still in the water.
The Man had a fire going. He had a few small loaves on top of it, and he asked my boss for some of the fish he had caught,- actually I had caught them, but that’s another matter. So, my boss (Simon) came over to me. I was really bursting, I was. And he started lifting out all the fish in me. I watched his face,- he was beaming. This had never happened to him in his life of fishing. All the fish were really big ones,- and here he was counting them,- one, two, three… and on he went. I couldn’t believe it when he came to the last and shouted over to the Man and to his friends ‘ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE!’,- who would have believed it? It must have been the biggest catch any fisherman in the village had ever seen. I was so proud. And I hear the people are still talking about me, in every corner of the world,- ‘Did you hear about the net that caught so many fish, that day in Galilee?’
And do you know what he did then, my boss? He just threw me down there on the beach, near the fire. I was tired, but was I happy!
The Man by the fire? He had breakfast ready for them, and I tell you the men were hungry. He broke bread for them and gave it to them. He gave them some fish that I had brought in. The men seemed to know him well. They called him Jesus. They even called him LORD. Simon even told him that he LOVED him. I think they ALL loved him. Their eyes were so excited, and they were even hugging each other.
I’ve heard since that the Man, -the one they call the LORD- has that effect on people who come to him. They listen to him. He tells them to try another way of doing things. Amazing things happen. He sits down with them a lot, talks to them, spends time with them, and they talk to him a lot. He prepares meals for them which they love, and which fill the spot. And then, they seem to go out, all on fire, like, and bring lots and lots of others to meet their Friend. I tell you, if you think my net caught lots, you should see those friends of the Man, and the great
numbers they bring back to meet this Jesus who loves them so much.
You know what I think. Those men that day, and all the women and men since then,- they themselves seem like great big FISH that the MAN himself has caught in his embrace. And not only are they like FISH GATHERED IN, but they seem to do what I do,- they seem like NETS themselves, going out to others, telling them about JESUS their friend, and bringing them back to meet him.
I’m off now. I’ve a lot more fishing left in me yet. Throw me out into the deep water, please. The dawn has come. Today’s another day. Thanks for listening!
P.S. Well, it wasn’t really me that caught all those fish that day,- it was the Man on the shore that made it all happen. He just used me. I’m glad and thankful that he did. Hope he does it again. Gotta go!
(Author: Seamus Devitt C.Ss.R. seamus.devittcssr@gmail.com )
Happy Easter to all our friends!
‘Christ is Risen!’ ‘He is truly Risen!’- a greeting and a response used on Easter morning in
may mid-European countries. ’Christ is Risen!’ ‘He is truly Risen!’ is true for Esker and all the friends of Esker, – for all of you this day and this Easter Time.\
We, in the Esker Community, wish you all a truly happy Easter time. The Master is risen, and is with us all days until the end of time. May we all experience this joy in our families and hearts and communities.
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'The Radiant Cross!' -Easter Joy and Proclamation to all the world. Painting by S.Devitt C.Ss.R.
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