17 Mar 08 – Holy Week

Introduction for the Lauds: Holy WeekAs we revisit the events of that final tumultuous week in Jesus’ life, we are plunged by memory and ritual into the mystery that reveals and defines the meaning of his existence, and of our own.His story is our story,and what happened to him is the pattern for what is happening and will happen to us. Jesus’ passion is the final revelation of the demands of discipleship. He is willing to do whatever it takes to call others to accountability for their actions, even to the point of suffering and death. May we, by following Jesus’ teaching and his example, come to know God more deeply and continue to build the Kingdom community here on earth, trust in God’s gift of life beyond death and experience Christ’ presence with us “until the end of the age”.
This morning Fr. Gioachino Fasan, our oldest canossian father come to visit us. He told us some of the stories of the life of Fr. Angelo Pasa, who has been put under the course of beatification.
He asked all the Canossian sisters to pray hard so that God will make known to the Sons of Charity and to the whole Church, the saintly life of this brother of ours, who has been incarnated with the passion of the charism of Magdalene.