{"id":25692,"date":"2020-04-15T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=25692"},"modified":"2020-04-13T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T10:47:11","slug":"wednesday-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wednesday-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday within the Octave of Easter.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s Easter over!\u00a0 Well, not quite. In fact, not by a long shot.\u00a0 Easter doesn\u2019t refer solely to Easter Sunday.\u00a0 It refers to a season. A season that lasts seven weeks plus one more day to give us the fifty days to Pentecost.\u00a0 So, following Easter Sunday, we have fifty days to consider the mysteries of Christ\u2026.Resurrected, Ascended and the consequent Coming of the Holy Spirit. I wonder if, on Easter Sunday, you noticed that Christ neither appears nor speaks in the Gospel Reading.\u00a0 Mary Magdalene does.\u00a0 So, too, does Simon Peter and probably John who humbly refers to himself simply as \u201cthe other disciple.\u201d\u00a0 There is the empty tomb. Silence and linen cloths.\u00a0 Incidentally, that linen cloth we know well today as the Shroud of Turin! One other thing is present.\u00a0 Seeing and Believing – \u201cthe other disciple\u2026.saw and he believed.\u201d (Jn 20.8) By chance, because he was younger and fitter John at first kept a social-distance from Peter.\u00a0 With Mary, they were by themselves as we are, in our self-isolation.\u00a0 We can use this time of emptiness, silence and isolation to deepen our faith and make this Easter Season, the best ever as we await the return to a normal but hopefully better life and the great Gift of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

Let us Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Risen Jesus, keep us safe, for you are our hope.<\/p>\n

Preserve us from danger, for we take refuge in you<\/p>\n

who live and reign forever and ever.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monsignor Monaghan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wednesday within the Octave of Easter. That\u2019s Easter over!\u00a0 Well, not quite. In fact, not by a long shot.\u00a0 Easter doesn\u2019t refer solely to Easter Sunday.\u00a0 It refers to a season. A<\/p>\n

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