A remarkable Hasidic Rabbi, Levi Yitzhak of Berdicher in the Ukraine, used to say that he had discovered the meaning of Love from a drunken peasant. The Rabbi was visiting the owner of a tavern in the Polish countryside. As he walked in, he saw two peasants at a table. Both were gloriously in their cups. Arms around each other, they were protesting how much each loved the other. Suddenly Ivan said to Peter: “ Peter, tell me what hurts me? ” Bleary eyed, Peter looked at Ivan: “ How do I know what hurts you? ” Ivan’s answer was swift: “ If you don’t know what hurts me, how can you say you love me? ”
God knew what was hurting humankind. It was sin. And therefore he sent His Son as Man and allowed Him to be hurt so that He would understand the hurts of people whom He came to save...
Lent is the time for us to show our wounds to the Wounded One so that our wounds may be washed clean by the blood that flowed from His wounded side so that we may be healed and live and experience the power of His Resurrection. WISHING YOU A HAPPY ‘LENT-ING’!
Fr. Franklin Menezes
God knew what was hurting humankind. It was sin. And therefore he sent His Son as Man and allowed Him to be hurt so that He would understand the hurts of people whom He came to save...
Lent is the time for us to show our wounds to the Wounded One so that our wounds may be washed clean by the blood that flowed from His wounded side so that we may be healed and live and experience the power of His Resurrection. WISHING YOU A HAPPY ‘LENT-ING’!
Fr. Franklin Menezes
