"Stop the Church, I'm getting off!" That about sums up the frustration among many Catholics, shocked and shaken with recent happenings leading to the Pope opting to "renounce the Papacy. Unwilling to carry the cross of shame and the burden of sins, they are looking for another church or perhaps, another religion. Wasn't that precisely the reaction, 2000 years ago, of many disciples of Jesus Christ, waking up from what seemed a scandalous dream of condemnation, crucifixion and death. "Let's get back to fishing!" they thought.
But then, behold! The Pentecostal experience overpowers the defeatist spirit and witnesses to the Resurrection of Christ. This was indeed, God's doing.
And so, today and in this Year of Faith, let us await with the faith of Mary, for a fresh Pentecostal experience. Jesus is leading His Church to a fresh era of renwed Faith and Fidelity, and it has to be through the road to Calvary.
But then, behold! The Pentecostal experience overpowers the defeatist spirit and witnesses to the Resurrection of Christ. This was indeed, God's doing.
And so, today and in this Year of Faith, let us await with the faith of Mary, for a fresh Pentecostal experience. Jesus is leading His Church to a fresh era of renwed Faith and Fidelity, and it has to be through the road to Calvary.
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