Easter Sunday is over, but the Easter Season lasts for 40 days to the Ascension. This year more than ever I feel very celebratory. I feel a joy from the Resurrection more than usual. An understanding of what our Lord truly has done for us. We have been given back our hope to live forever! It was lost to us but because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the Cross we have received the best gift ever. An eternal life with Him forever, starting now. I can live with expectation of the best. Loved completely. Never forsaken. Totally forgiven. Mercy from our God every morning. Fully satisfied with the life…

There are a few things I am especially praying for lately. Impacters Ministry are putting on a Youth Adventure Camp where we are trying to reach youth so that they have an encounter with the Living God. Maybe for the first time but also as an ongoing relationship. There are also the Holy Week Liturgies where (myself included) I pray that we all have a more deepening experience of the love of our Lord for us. There are also my continual prayers that I am used by the Lord to somehow proclaim Jesus to people that I meet and work with. I also pray that I develop more as a…

We can’t do everything, so what can we do? A young single mother struggles to put food on the table. Out of care for her and her family it is noticed by others and so a sharing of food from their own home-grown garden occurs. Many of the men get together every Saturday morning and tinker with their cars. One of them instead of trading in his car for a new one gives it to someone in need and then teaches them the basics to care for the car. Some university students and retired teachers give of their time to teach some high schoolers maths, physics, chemistry, English – whatever…

I am reading a book called Immigrant Saint: The Life of Mother Cabrini. Born Francesca Cabrini in Italy, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was the first US citizen to be canonized as a saint. The heart of this woman was simply amazing. From a very young age, even though quite sickly, she wanted to be a Missionary. Her Uncle inspired her with his stories of China and the people there who did not know God. She fell in love with Jesus and everything was done for Him. When there were many setbacks of even joining a nunnery, rejected by many due to her…

I have just come back from a beautiful celebration of a friend’s Mum’s life. The family were naturally sad but also celebrating the joy of her life and the legacy of what she left behind. Full life for her is just beginning with the eternal life with Jesus Christ in heaven. One we all desire to attain. Between my tears at the Church and the prayers on my lips I felt a comfort that the Lord watches over the whole span of our lives. Whatever unfolds in the future He never leaves us. If we trust in Him and trust to Him our plans, our dreams, our future we know…