Feria

Friends in Christ,

Who are the happy people today? Who are the men and women, who enjoy life? Are they those,who have lost faith in religion and allowed the thought of God to pass out of their lives? Or is it those, who can still repeat , with conviction the lovely words of Blessed Saint Peter :"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,reserved in heaven for you"

My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul, how near
At times, to faith's foreseeing eye,
Thy golden gates appear!
Ah! Then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love
The bright inheritance of Saints
Jerusalem above.

Such ideas are, of course, regarded as old-fashioned today. But I am not persuaded that the world has been made any happier by discarding the old hopes and the old faith.

Blessed every weekend everyone, pray for me as I pray for you.

Ed Bakker