acts 15:1-6; psalm 122 Let us go rejoicing into the house of the Lord; Jn 15:1-8
The psalmist invites us to go rejoicing into the house of God. Here are a few words from Pope Benedict as he makes his pilgrimage to Turin, Italy to pray at the Shroud.
"The Shroud recalls to our mind the reality of Holy Saturday. It is a witness to that interval in history in which God, in Jesus, shared our dying.
In the kingdom of death resounds the voice of God. Love penetrates this extreme darkness and extends his hand to lead us through.
Human beings lives by the fact he is loved and can love; if love has penetrated into the realm of death, the life has also arrived there. In the hour of death, we can never be alone.
In the heart of death now beats life in as much as love lives there.
The Shroud is an icon written in blood. Every trace of blood speaks of love and life. It is like a spring that speaks in silence; we can hear it; we can listen to it."
Because of Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday we can truly go to the house of the Lord rejoicing, for we do not go alone. In the valley death, with your rod and staff you give me courage, with your hand you lead me to pastures of repose.
Jesus tells us in the gospel, "Remain in me and I will remain in you." The Shroud reminds us the truth of these words that Jesus indeed remains even in death.
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