Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Tag: Easter

He is Risen!

Posted on April 24th, 2011 by Dan Burke

Albrecht Dürer, The Resurrection of Christ, Copper Etching

An Easter story from a friend – no such thing as a bad egg?

Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Dan Burke

Dear CSD Friends,

Father John received this note from a friend and thought you might enjoy it…

Dan


Dear Friends and Family,

I had a beautiful little miracle happen that I want to share with you.  I resolved last week to make a special effort to offer little sacrifices throughout the day to show my love for Christ, rather than grumbling about them (my usual first instinct).

Well, my first test came when I went to make breakfast for my family this past Saturday, and I saw that we only had one egg left.  For some reason I was really craving a fried egg sandwich, which I had made for my husband the night before-with avocado and cheese and real mayonnaise.  So I talked my daughter into oatmeal (really…she likes it) and then held my breath when I asked my husband if he wanted breakfast.  To my delight, he said no!  So I got out all of the ingredients for my heavenly egg sandwich when my husband saw this and said, “Oh!  Are you making my favorite breakfast?  I guess I’ll have to reconsider.”  But…we only have one egg!  Yes, I said this out loud, so of course he insisted that I eat it.

Remembering my resolution for the week, I ultimately gave him-and Jesus-the egg sandwich. It actually felt pretty good!  Imagine my surprise Monday morning when I opened up my favorite book of gospel meditations by Fr. John Bartunek (The Better Part), and he introduces the day’s gospel reading with a quote from St. Albert the Great:

An egg given during life for love of God is more profitable for eternity than a cathedral full of gold given after death.”

Who knew?!  May you have a blessed Easter Triduum, and don’t forget to share those Easter eggs!