HOLY WEEK......THOUGHTS AND JOE ROSSI

I realize that "catholics come home" TV ads have not been embraced by some people.....and I dare say nothing would change their mind.
It is their prerogative.........

I believe that Holy Thursday Mass, Good Friday Services and  the Easter Vigil Mass show the "best the of what the Church has to give "...........

I had the opportunity to be in the presence of Father Joe Rossi of St. Pius,Lynn on Thursday and Friday and his homily on those days left me with a "thought provoking spirit "...........Here is a sample......

On Holy Thursday, The Gospel tells the story of Jesus washing the feet of the twelve Apostles at the Final Supper along with Father Rossi doing the same to twelve parishioners to symbolize service and humility.Father Joe in his discussion told the story of a nurse and how she made the end of life for his Father endurable and happy while in a nursing home.....He called her a "washer of feet " and asked everyone present to recall  "washers of feet"that they have encountered in their lives.....and to seek them out and let them know of your feelings........all while tears wet his face......

The next day at the "Friday " services he asked.....Have you heard of Walter Breuning ?.........

I had not......but he was the oldest person known  in the US and he passed away recently......He had some interesting opinions on the secrets to a long life.......

I will mention two of them;

Embrace change even if it slaps you in the face and the hardest of all is........some people are afraid to die, don't be afraid.......you were born to die.....

Jesus in dying was fulfilling the Gospel......and Father Rossi took those thoughts and in combining them said we were born to die and the dying is not an ending but a fulfillment of a life.....

What is our fulfillment ..........??.....and what do we do going forward from this moment in time.

Think about it  ......./