Weekly Message from Fr. Rick:
Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 2, 2021
“Because without me you can do nothing”
“I did it my way ... “
So sang Frank Sinatra and so live so many in our culture today obsessed with a highly individualized conception of freedom.
There is no doubt much to admire in a culture that places so much value on the value of the individual. But, detached from an awareness of our radical dependence on another.
God - we risk losing sight of that which alone makes us truly, fully human.
That is, our intimate, vital, union with Christ without whom we are indeed finally utterly alone.
We are not created to stand alone. “It is not good for the man to be alone” says God at the very beginning of creation. Besides being the revelation of the ultimate purpose of marriage, these words also speak to our absolute need for union, communion if you will with Christ. “For without me you can do nothing .... “
Fr. Rick