“Their sturdy backs bent down, by labor and fatigue, their eyes intent upon the earth, sift through stubble discarded by the reapers.”

—Sister Michaela O’Connor

Sunday Scripture Reflection for April 27th
Second Sunday of Easter

Well, I’m not like all these other people that get all emotional about all these touching stories we hear on the internet, but I admit I cried a bit when I saw the artist’s rendition of Jesus welcoming Pope Francis into Heaven. True, it was “just” an artist’s rendition, and not an actual photograph, but visuals help us to grasp things with our mind and heart, and we just don’t have photographs of those things that happened long ago. In fact, now with Photoshop and CGI and other technology, we can’t even be sure that photographed events happened the way they appear to have happened. So I guess it just comes down to — well, faith, doesn’t it — making that leap from what we have seen with our own eyes to what we believe with all our hearts. It’s not always easy because faith challenges our understanding. The great scientist Louis Pasteur is quoted as saying, “Could I but know all, I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman.” Sometimes, you just have to let go and leap! Happy Easter!