{"id":18995,"date":"2015-04-04T00:08:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T06:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=18995"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:58:42","slug":"come-follow-me-into-the-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/come-follow-me-into-the-tomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Come, Follow Me Into the Tomb","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for Saturday of Holy Week, April 4th, 2015
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter<\/p>\n

Liturgical texts here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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SO, <\/strong>you are loved<\/a><\/em>. It is the most beautiful message a fallen world could ever hear. And there is no religion in the world with so remarkable a testimony… that God Himself, out of a passionate love for us, has descended to earth, taken on our flesh, and died to save<\/em> us.<\/p>\n

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But when you look upon this message of love, written into the very flesh of the Son, there is another message that we cannot ignore. And that is that His wounds are a reflection <\/em>of the state of our souls in <\/em>sin. <\/em>The scourges, the holes in His hands and feet, the bruises on His knees, the wounds on His shoulders, the punctures in His brow… all of these are a real symbol of the disfigurement of the human soul in a state of mortal sin. [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. To Those in Mortal Sin<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span>