Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
It only takes a few minutes of watching the news to be confronted with some form of bad news or a modern version of someone crying “wolf.” One can wonder if good news is simply rarer these days, or is this simply the proof of the adage in journalism that says, “bad news sells.”
Even though we have the freedom to simply turn off the bad news about the misfortunes of so many people around the world, the truth is that we each have a great deal of drama going on in our personal worlds. The challenge we face is finding the proper balance to deal productively with urgent tough questions, responding to sudden misfortunes, and sustaining important personal relationships. This is our real world, which we face when we wake up each morning.
If we claim to be people of Christian faith, we choose a personal stance that our secular world clearly labels as foolish or, at best, irrelevant. Our faith calls us to incorporate the person and the hope of the Good News of Christ into our daily lives. We believe that movement and true progress, even if it seems beyond our present awareness, are ultimately grounded in the person of Christ. He took on our human nature and rose from the dead to show us the way to ultimate fulfillment. In spite of all its glitz and glitter, there is nothing the secular world can offer that even comes close to that kind of hope.
Reflection by Fr. Daniel Petsche, OSB
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