From our meeting on April 3rd

Today is Wednesday, April 7.  A very HAPPY EASTER SEASON to all!

Notes from our meeting this past Saturday, April 3rd:

Well attended for the day before Easter!  10 of us in attendance and TWO KEYS thanks to Jim !

The discusstion was lively as always, focusing first on the Gospel of John and the story of discovering Jesus' tomb empty on the day of resurrection.  We discussed how important it was that this story was NOT written from a first person Point Of View.  Rather, by describing himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved," John allows us to insert OURSELVES into this position of discovering the empty tomb of Jesus.  What do WE think about that?  How do WE react to the discovery that his tomb is empty?  Do we ACCEPT and CELEBRATE the absolute FACT of His Resurrection?  Interesting to consider during this Easter season!

We talked a bit about how the early disciples were killed and how they endured in their faith for the survival of the early church.  Would YOU have the resolve to suffer in the name of Christ?  Consider what they went through:
DO YOU KNOW HOW THE APOSTLES DIED?  Here is a link :  http://www.shrinesf.org/apostles.htm

I found several other links - if you search you will find a number of them as well.  And Norm forwarded me an email with some more detail that I will send to you all later.  Thanks Norm!

The next topic was centered around the Shroud of Turin.  SOOO much information about this topic.  I think I may do a separate posting about the Shroud later in the week.  It will be on display in 2010, although I couldn't find specific dates, I beleive it will be displayed next month.  Jim Dunn also indicated that he may hold conduct a presentation at church about the Shroud.  It's a fascinating topic to be sure!  There exist a number of websites.  Try:  http://www.shroud.com/

Our last topic, which definitely merits a separate posting, was about Eucharistic Miracles.  We were all very impressed  (again!) with Jim's knowledge and passion about this topic.  Look for a posting on this soon!

As usual, this past Saturday was filled with discussion inspired by the Holy Spirit.  I am always amazed how we are led to discuss certain things.  Never are we at a loss for a topic.  I can't wait until we meet again!

-Eric