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Keep Your Heart Pure ​​​​​​​Many people struggle with allergies. Allergies tend to flare up when dust and pollen in the air make it difficult to catch your breath. You can’t breathe properly because of all the stuff in the air. Your nose gets stuffed up, your eyes get runny, and your head feels congested. It isn’t any fun. These symptoms arise because the air you’ve inhaled has been contaminated by allergens. 

​​​​​​​There was a man who was lost in the desert, and he had no water to quench his thirst. He was tired and exhausted, and his throat was parched. He longed for a cool drink of water. Looking into the distance, he saw an old shack, so with the little strength left within him, he made his way there. 

​​​​​​​In the Roman Catholic Church, Easter has always been a celebration of the great love that God has for His Creation. A love that was shown when the Divine Son became incarnate and dwelt among us, sharing in our lot, showing us the way to the Father, and making the perfect offering in atonement for our sins.

​​​​​​​“In the midst of the trials and troubles that come upon the people of God, these things cannot destroy our hope; we look beyond.” – Servant of God Father Paul Wattson, SA Trials and troubles: Jesus let Himself be sold for silver by one of His closest friends, be condemned on fake charges, lashed with whips and crowned with thorns, nailed to a bloody cross where He died. He died murmuring God’s mercy on his enemies and love on all of us. Yes, Jesus looked beyond. A cross of death became the Tree of Life.

As we come to the end of Lent, we arrive at what is the saddest of days-Good Friday. On Good Friday you cannot avoid the Christian issue. At Christmas, you can dream of angels and a star, of a teenage mother and an infant asleep in the hay. On Easter Sunday, you will be glad and rejoice because God and goodness have risen from the grave. But today, there is no dreaming. Today there is nothing to rejoice. Today, you come face to face with the primary Christian symbol: that is, a cross.