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John 20: 11-18
"But Mary was standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my Lord away,' she replied, 'and I don't know where they have put him.' As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.' Jesus said, 'Mary!' She turned round then and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbuni!' -- which means Master. Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' So Mary of Magdala told the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord,' and that he had said these things to her." 

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22/5/2021

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May 2021 – what an outstanding month! May 1st, the first Saturday in May, we celebrate the Crowning of Mary. Them, May 1st we also celebrate St. Joseph the Worker, and this year dedicated to St. Joseph, we consecrate ourselves to him. May 5th is the foundation day of the Padre Pio Prayer Groups which in a few decades have spread across the world manifesting the work of the Holy Spirit. May 2021, we celebrate the Ascension when Jesus ascended to the Father after appearing to those who believed in Him for forty days. And finally, fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Holy Spirit descending upon the Church (Acts 2). This certainly is a “fully loaded” month spiritually.

God continues to shower His Church with endless blessings; He even purifies us so we are properly disposed to receive the Sacraments.
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Pentecost is associated with the Sacrament of Confirmation. Have you looked back to reflect on the day of your Confirmation? Perhaps confirmed as an adolescent or an adult but the nature of Confirmation is to seal us with the Holy Spirit and grace us the seven gifts: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, Fear of the Lord. With these gifts we can live and say, “Jesus is Lord” (1 Corinthians 12:3).

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ST. JOSEPH: TERROR OF DEMONS

1/5/2021

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A silent or hidden figure typically goes unnoticed. This does not mean they are insignificant individuals, but we really notice those who make themselves noticeable: a presence that we interpret as assertive, confident, and grabs our attention. This is what our society values. A blabbermouth.

So, if the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker came and left on Saturday, May 1st that should come as no surprise; St. Joseph is one of the most silent and hidden personalities of the New Testament. And with such individuals, they simply are not given much attention. And among Protestant circles the Virgin Mary is ignored for this very reason: “There’s not much said about her in the Bible.”

Do saints need to be loud-mouthed self-absorbed narcissists on glossy magazine covers so people notice them? Probably this is the case in our day and age since Likes, Views, and Trending determine what is worth watching – even if this is paid publicity.

Someone like Saint Joseph simply does not fit the mainstream of contemporary western culture where the entertainment/sex industry have consumed humans depleting whatever remains of the spiritual.

Saint Joseph has all the qualities of what our society lacks or rejects: humility, poverty, chastity, obedience, faith.

​If you spoke to someone about St. Joseph’s chastity? What kind of reaction would you get? Obviously, in a pornography consumed society a person simply cannot believe that chastity is possible. This is the beauty of St. Joseph; he was so chaste and pure that when he discovered that Mary was going to conceive a child that was not his, but the work of the Holy Spirit, Joseph could believe it. He could believe in this fundamental Christian truth because St. Joseph was already disposed spiritually being pure in heart and mind to receive such an announcement.


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    Fr. David Bellusci, O.P.
    is a Roman Catholic Priest, and Assistant Professor 
    of Philosophy and Theology at Catholic Pacific College in Langley, B.C.

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