Featured WebsitePray the Stations of the Cross with Bishop Barron | Daily InspirationGood Friday“At the foot of the Cross, Mary witnessed the conversion of the good thief, and her soul rejoiced that he had accepted the will of God. Her Divine Son’s second word, promising paradise as a reward for that surrender, reminded her of her own second word thirty years before, when the angel had appeared to her and told her that she was to be the Mother of Him who was now dying on he Cross…The second word of Jesus on Golgotha [Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise] and the second word of Mary in Nazareth [Be it done to me according to thy word] teach the same lesson: Everyone in the world has a cross, but the cross is not the same for any two of us. The cross of the thief was not the cross of Mary. The difference was due to God’s will toward each. The thief was to give life: Mary to accept life. The Thief was to hang on his cross, Mary was to stand beneath hers. The thief was to go ahead; Mary to remain behind. The thief received a dismissal; Mary received a mission. The thief was to be received into paradise, but paradise was to be received into Mary.” ~Venerable Fulton Sheen ~ The Cries of Jesus From the Cross, p. 104. | Featured CharityCNEWA - Catholic Near East Welfare Associationwww.cnewa.org/home.aspx?ID=26&pagetypeID=12&sitecode=HQ A lifeline for those in need throughout the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe for more than 75 years. | |