Could the Open Tomb Be the Start of Your Yes?
- Fr. Pawel Szymanowski, CR
- John 20, 1 - 9
A Resurrectionist Vocation Minute for April 20, Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection!
Could the open tomb by the start of your Yes?
The stone wasn’t moved for Jesus – He could pass through walls. It was rolled away for us, inviting us to encounter resurrection hope.
Saying ‘yes’ to religious life means stepping into that emptiness, trusting God will fill it with purpose. What ‘stone’ of doubt or comfort is Christ asking you to walk past to follow Him?
“In Rome the seed of the Congregation began to blossom and bear fruit. Peter Semenenko and Jerome Kajsiewicz established a small community in Rome where they were ordained in 1842. At Mass in the Catacombs of St. Sebastian on Easter morning of that year seven members of the Roman House professed vows as religious of a community that was yet without a name. However, Divine Providence which had guided them to this moment was with them that morning, for on emerging from the catacombs they heard the bells of Roman churches announcing the Easter Alleluia, and they were moved to adopt the name of the feast: They would become the Congregation of the Resurrection…”