One of the things I love about daily Mass in the Easter season is hearing about the development of the Early Church in our first readings from the Acts of the Apostles. Today, we hear about Paul going to Corinth, about all the challenges he faced in preaching God’s Word to the world. Paul was initially a persecutor of the followers of Jesus before his dramatic conversion. It is amazing to see where God called Paul as a follower of Christ, the different hardships and adversity that he faced in trying to bring Christ’s Good News to others.
This year, we do not have any deacon or priest ordinations in our Diocese. Next year, we have Will Fogo being ordained as a deacon. He grew up here in the Jackson area and went to the Catholic schools. Then we have our class of deacons being ordained, with Hunter and Chris from our own parish. That cohort of deacons also has two men who were born in Mexico who are in parishes in Northeast Mississippi. It is interesting how God calls different people in different ways, in some unexpected ways as well.
We had different youth and adults give reflections during Mass in the season of Lent about the different saints we are highlighting. They all said that it was a good experience for them. Sometimes God calls us beyond our comfort zones to lives out of faith and to bring that faith to others. May we respond to that call with joy.
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