WHAT MATTERS TO THE ONE WHO LOVES
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement Catholic Homily/Sunday Reflection 3rd Sunday of Easter (C) April 18, 2010 The Risen Lord was not one who would do the rounds of the conference circuit giving talks and rousing testimonies about what had befallen him and the ultimate reward that had been given him from above. Surely, after a harrowing and ignominious death on the cross, after all the humiliation and the degradation, after all the denials and the disarray among the ranks of his followers that ensued after his death, after the one time Judas sold him for 30 miserable pieces of silver, after the three times that even Peter himself denied that he knew him … surely there would be reason to bask in the glory of the resurrection and give everybody that “I-told-you-so” attitude. No, the risen Christ was busy doing service to the very same people, some of whom did him a whole lot of disservice. Today, the evangelist John once more reminds us of what his dying on the cr...