Note: I will be in Esopus, NY till Sunday on a Marist Youth Encounter Christ retreat, and am not sure if I will have access to internet nor the time to send a daily slice of bread, but I'll try. Meanwhile, please pray for all of us, team, retreatants and support staff. Thank you.
Jesus uses the example of a lamp to remind us of our mission as his disciples. He lights up our lives, he enlightens us with truth and with a relationship that fills us with so much joy that our faces do shine like a lamp, a lamp that is not to be hidden under a basket, but put on a lampstand for all to see. He is the source of that light, and occasionally, as with any oil burning lamp, we need to refill it so that it keeps burning. Catholic Schools week is giving us a chance to do that, as we offer special prayers for teachers and students, show our appreciation, and reflect on just what good we are doing. It was clear at the March for Life how effective our schools are as I watched thousands kneel in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, attend Mass with respect and avid participation, or line up and wait for hours to go to confession. Wow! And then at a recent St. Andrew's dinner for perspective seminarians...fine, fine men lining up to join the ranks of the clergy. And this Encounter...God is very much at work through us. Let us not cease to give thanks.
Bro. Rene
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