St. Eulalia - Winchester/Arlington

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Catholics find meaning and hope in Jesus Christ, whom God the Father 
has sent into the world for the salvation of all peoples.

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Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Eulalia Parish,

I have seen the Lord, Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples (7/22 Fri). After seeing the risen Jesus, the weeping and intimidated Mary became so joyful, excited and courageous. She went to announce the good news to other disciples, and therefore became the Apostle to the Apostles. Who is my mother? Who are my brothers? When He was told about the presence of His Nazorean family, Jesus challenged them with these questions. Pointing to the disciples, Jesus said: Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and Mother (7/19, Tues). Clear as a bell.

The words of Jesus are rather challenging and encouraging: Blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear (7/21 Thurs); and the actions of Mary Magdalene are so inviting. They drew my attention to a few of God’s given faculties to be used well in order to become good and faithful followers of Jesus:  (1) the ability to SEE and HEAR well: Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you ( 7/18 Mon); they look but do not see; many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see  but not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it (7/21,Thrus); whoever has ears ought to hear (7/20,Wed). (2) the ability to understand which Jesus used a few times this week: They look but do not see and hear but not listen or understand (7/21, Thurs). Upon hearing stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father… (7/22 Fri), Mary understood what her mission was. Jesus uses plain language to let us know the potentials that we have to become builders of His Father’s Kingdom here on earth.

Friends, Jesus knows well that oftentimes we do not use our faculties to their fullest, therefore, He reminds us of the importance of His own incarnation when we come to converse with Him through the scriptures. Mary Magdalene earned her honor because she saw Jesus and then remembered what she heard from Him. She put everything into action.  In reality, Jesus’ words are just like the seeds being sown in the field of our hearts. We need to become the good soil to nurture the seeds and bear fruit. To be a disciple of Jesus is to do the will of His Father, not only to hear it and know it and talk of it, but actually do it. The dignity of being a disciple is to become a sister, a brother and a mother of Jesus. We are so blessed indeed.

                                                          God bless,
 
                                                                                                                        Fr. John Chen
                                                

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