Saturday, April 11, 2009

Preaching to the Dead!

He descended to the dead.--The Apostles Creed
 
The Triduum is the Passion of Jesus. From instituting the Eucharist and the Priesthood on Thursday night, to His glorious and quiet Resurrection on Sunday morning, these are days of constant prayer and thanksgiving. Saturday is the most mysterious. He is out of sight, silent. But this is a day and night of great ministry. The scripture says he took captivity captive. He descended to the dead and preached to His children held captive. Jesus defeated death! He took Adam and Eve by the hand and lead them home to the Father! Hallelujah! Praise His Name! The second Adam saved the first. My friend, we, the children of the first Adam, destined for physical death, are now adopted through baptism into the family of our Elder Brother, the second Adam. Eve is no longer our spiritual mother, Mary is! Eve grasped, Mary didn't. We can now say with Mary, "Let it be done unto me according the Thy will." Now we can say with St. Paul,
"O Death where is thy victory!?" 
 So let us press in to His Sacred Heart through the Sacraments He gave us in His Church. And by grace, let us love not this world over the one to come! Christ, have mercy on us.
 
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