From the Deacon's Desk

Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer.

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. (Matthew 28:8-15)

RAN TO ANNOUNCE THE NEWS: It is important that Mathew chose to use the word ran in today’s Gospel story of the empty tomb. The believers were so overjoyed, so filled with knowledge of the Good News, that they ran to tell others. When was the last time you felt that way about your faith? When was the last time you felt the urge to run and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with others?

Our faith life may be personal, but it is not private. It is meant to be shared.

These days, social media and tweeting and blogging is similar to the disciples running to share the Good News. I encourage this sharing – this online evangelization – but we need to make sure that in the process we do not run past the people in our daily lives. We need to share the joy of the Easter season with our families, friends, and co-workers; and model the faith for them.

We can go ahead and climb that mountain and shout the Good News to the world, and also share it with the people we meet on our way up the mountain.

We should run while being careful not to run past anyone.