A New Beginning

Taking an old house built in 1840 and restoring it, bringing it back to life, exposing its simple beauty somewhat touches on the meaning of resurrection...that which had faded into a shadow of its former self is given a new beginning. It is a visual, a striking one at that, but not the whole picture.
A group of five "college kids" praying the luminous mysteries of the rosary,slowly, with scripture passages inserted before each Hail Mary, over a half hour period is a sign of a new beginning and gives hope for the future Church. It is not common, to say the least, to find such a picture on a college campus, even a Catholic campus, but it goes on all the time at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. A sophomore there is seriously discerning his vocation to priest, hood, religious life or marriage. His decision will bring new life to the Church as well.
Each time we enter into intimate union with Jesus at the Eucharist, we have the opportunity to make a new beginning, to allow Jesus to reconstruct the house of our soul, to raise our soul from the dust into which it might have fallen, to help as give visible witness to our faith, as did the rosary-prayers. If we look upon our relationship with Jesus as a "love story" and allow him to work through us, we too can be instruments in bringing about a new beginning...in our own lives, families, workplaces and parishes
Bro. Rene