{"id":1105,"date":"2018-05-20T03:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T03:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2018-05-20T03:18:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T03:18:17","slug":"homily-easter-season-week-07-06-yr-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/20\/homily-easter-season-week-07-06-yr-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 06 – Yr II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make Every Situation your Cathedral<\/em><\/p>\n

(Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps11; Jn 21:20-25)<\/p>\n

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Imagine spending years in prison or under house arrest, as Paul did. Or imagine languishing in harsh conditions \u2013 including nine years in solitary confinement \u2013 as did Vietnam Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1982-2002) did. Now imagine that despite your restrictions, you continue to spread the gospel of hope in Christ \u2013 just as these two did.<\/p>\n

The readings today, and a commentary in The Word Among Us<\/em>encourage us to make every situation into our cathedral.<\/p>\n

You might ask how these two men did it? They may have been imprisoned in body, but their relationship with Christ kept their hearts and minds free.<\/p>\n

Consider the words of Cardinal Van Thuan: \u201cAll prisoners, myself included, constantly wait to be let go. However, I decided (upon arrest) that my captivity would not be merely a time of resignation but a turning point in my life. I decided I would not wait. I would live the present moment and fill it with love. When the Communists put me in the hold of the boat along with 1,500 other prisoners and moved us to the North, I said to myself, \u2018Here is my cathedral, here are my people God has given me to care for, here is the my mission; to ensure the presence of God among these, my despairing, miserable brothers. It is God\u2019s will that I am here. I accept his will.\u2019 And from that minute onwards, a new peace filled my heart and stayed with me for thirteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well known writer and speaker Paula D\u2019Arcy puts it this way: \u201cMany times God shows up disguised as our life.\u201d Even if we feel hemmed in, and in situations that we can\u2019t resolve or control, we can decide here and now to make that situation our cathedral. We can accept what comes our way, make the most of that present moment, and we will begin to experience God\u2019s freedom and peace.<\/p>\n

By keeping our eyes open, and that positive attitude, we can have a fruitful ministry, just as much from a jail cell as a pulpit, just as much from a hospital bed as in a mission field. Has God called you to this place? Then don\u2019t wait! You are important to God\u2019s plan. Discover that plan and make your situation your cathedral, as did both St Paul and Cardinal Van Thuan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Make Every Situation your Cathedral (Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps11; Jn 21:20-25) ********************************************** Imagine spending years in prison or under house arrest, as Paul did. Or imagine languishing in harsh conditions \u2013 including nine years in solitary confinement \u2013 as did Vietnam Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1982-2002) did. Now imagine that despite your restrictions, you continue to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}