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Catholic Charities USA
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Readings of the Day
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today may not be a liturgical highlight of the year, but it sure may
be a social highlight for many excited to wear green, decorate with
shamrocks and remember the legends of this saint. These fun and
somewhat carefree aspects of celebrating St. Patrick are an unusual
expression of what was apparently a life filled with challenges and
struggles.
At 16, Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates who took him to Ireland
and sold him into slavery, forcing him into working as a shepherd and
farmhand. For years he lived under a cruel master. Somehow, these
conditions caused Patrick to grow in his Christian faith. It was said
that he developed a strong spiritual life, praying extensively each
day. Patrick eventually ran away to the shore, about 200 miles from
where he was enslaved. He got on a ship that took him to safety and
eventually become a strong leader, teacher and bishop.
His story is the story of the human spirit. Each person carries with
them dignity and worth as they have been created, through love, by our
God. Yet despite this gift many persons, just like St. Patrick, face
the oppression of poverty, abuse, violence, marginalization and
displacement. Patrick was able to harness a key aspect of the human
person, notwithstanding his own oppression-resilience. He came
to know that all was not lost, despite the darkness in which he lived
for so long. We see this concept in the Gospel selection for
today as Jesus deals with the adversity of those who oppose him and
his message of love. Even though He faced the unfair judgement and
criticism of the authorities around him, He found the resources inside
Himself and the relationship with His Father to rebound and continue
in ministry.
We, staff and volunteers in the Catholic Charities network, face
adversity in the very difficult mission of serving people in need,
particularly during this pandemic. Yet we endure. I have been lucky to
have interacted with numerous agencies in our network as they bolster
their staff through resiliency building activities. Just as Jesus and
St. Patrick demonstrate, adversity can be overcome by drawing on the
resources we have at hand such as friendship, faith, creativity,
gratitude, and kindness. Each day you, as an extension of the mission
of Catholic Charities, use your own resiliency resources-your
own friends, family, faith, and kindness to stay true to this work.
This season of Lent underscores the long season of quarantine and
hopefully calls us, not just to focus on the adversity of sacrifice,
but on the strength inside each of us to continue our work of service
in solidarity with those we serve.
As we put on our green today, let us remember that we, more
significantly, put on Christ and with Him, His strength and resilience
leading us all to resurrection.
Fr. Ragan Schriver is an assistant professor and directs the MSSW
program at University of Tennesee, Knoxville, and is a consultant to
CCUSA for strategic integration.
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