As we proceed toward Palm Sunday and Holy Week, the image of fire helps us to realize that we need to be delivered from our inclination to hold on to the things that enslave us: our own stubborn ways, our self-contentedness,our judgmental opinions, our indifference to the call to follow Jesus more closely Sometimes to remove these shackles some trial comes our way, such as losing a job, a friend, of a family member. Sometimes it's an accident. The book of Wisdom reminds us that :As gold is tried in the furnace, he proved them,/ and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself." (Wisdom 3:6). These challenges are the fire that purify us, if we look upon them as opportunities, or gifts, which, in the midst of them is hard to do. Yet, Jesus took upon himself his arguments with the Jews and all his suffering and ultimate death.
Jesus, you promised that the truth would set us free. Draw us into the
mystery of your love for us, a love that frees us from the lies that
keep us bound in sin and self-deception. May we embrace the new life
that comes from Baptism and live in the freedom of the children of God.
You live and reign with the Father and the Spirit, God forever and ever.
Amen
Father Paul Kollman, C.S.C.
Bro. Rene
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