It turns out falling twice is never enough to make a point. Another Lent went by, and while I spend my days crisscrossing parishes and genuflecting before the Blessed Sacrament, I still fail over and over at leading a life as the Archbishop is now calling all of us to do; as one in a band of joyful missionary disciples. There were points during Lent when I was reminded I needed to step up my prayer, but I fell back into my old ways soon after, again and again and again.
St. Francis probably had good reason for the 9th station of the cross, “Jesus Falls a Third Time.” Perhaps it had to do with Peter denying Jesus three times, or maybe it also had to do with John’s Gospel where Peter is asked three times “Do you love me?” Well, here we all are at Easter. And just like Peter we cry in front of Jesus, admitting our shortcomings and weaknesses and say to the Resurrected Christ, “You know everything, you know that I love you.” We certainly fell along the way, and we will fall again, but today we celebrate that scraped knee, stand up, and profess our love to Jesus in His glorious defeat over sin and death. If Easter is in our heart, we are rejoicing in His love, hopeful of our salvation, and constantly working to strengthen our triple love for Him.
Have a Blessed Easter Season.
Paul Pyrkosz
St. Francis probably had good reason for the 9th station of the cross, “Jesus Falls a Third Time.” Perhaps it had to do with Peter denying Jesus three times, or maybe it also had to do with John’s Gospel where Peter is asked three times “Do you love me?” Well, here we all are at Easter. And just like Peter we cry in front of Jesus, admitting our shortcomings and weaknesses and say to the Resurrected Christ, “You know everything, you know that I love you.” We certainly fell along the way, and we will fall again, but today we celebrate that scraped knee, stand up, and profess our love to Jesus in His glorious defeat over sin and death. If Easter is in our heart, we are rejoicing in His love, hopeful of our salvation, and constantly working to strengthen our triple love for Him.
Have a Blessed Easter Season.
Paul Pyrkosz
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