Father Sean's Weekly Message
September 14, 2025
“We celebrate the cross—an instrument of death—because by it we pass from death to life. Jesus shows this by comparing his crucifixion to the bronze serpent. After Israel had sinned in the desert, God punished the people with deadly serpents. Yet when they repented and he showed them mercy, he did not take away the serpents. Instead, he erected an image of that punishment. If a bitten Israelite looked upon a bronze serpent, he would live. Similarly, Adam's sin and our personal sins merit death. But we fix our eyes on the crucified Lord who was 'obedient unto death, even death on a cross.' For 'just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life,'" (Magnificat, September 2025, pgs. 180-181).
~ Continued on Father Sean's Pastor's Corner