Out of Circulation

Been out of circulation for some time. Still, I am with my purpose-enhanced life. To do my best, that is. Now, I am gearing for the 4th degree in the Knights of Columbus. I am looking inward if I'm worthy of chivalrous disposition through the power of my intention. On this Lenten season, I have to submerge my awful self to a baptism of retrospection, meditation, dedication, and contrition. And honestly, locate the hidden answer to Who I Am.
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Dead Man Walking...
bumps are: "Dead Man Walking!" It seems unlike for a dead man to walk in time and space; however, metaphorical, it could be true. Death can be defined more than a few different ways, save for just physical death.

For example, a person who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment is a person who lives, though faced with the death of freedom, death of companionship of family and friends, as well as society at large. He is alive but a dead man. Difficult to perceive, but it is the reality. Similarly, when you lose a family member, a friend, your job, or part of your body, you face death.

During our lifetime, before we die, it is better to die to our ego, pride, selfishness, hatred, and sinfulness. Look! Deadman walking, but full of grace and peace! Prophet Ezekiel, on behalf of God, announced to his people about the new life, "I shall put my spirit in you and you will live." God proclaims that He is going to open the tombs and raise you from your graves of sin, to lead you back to the promised land.

Jesus raised Lazarus from death, which was unheard of. Lazarus died of physical death and was laid in the tomb for four days. Nevertheless, Jesus brought him back to life from the nether world, to illustrate the power of God working in Him. All humanity was "dead men walking", before the coming of Jesus into our history. Now, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, we receive the new life of Grace, as we live in God.

We are no longer "Dead Men Walking", but we live as children of God through His Son Jesus, in the Holy Spirit. During the season of Lent, we contemplate the mystery of God's powerful intervention to give mankind a new life. Let our meditation on the paschal mystery of Jesus fill us with grace and faith, and bring us joyfully into the season of Easter. ( Fr. Peter Fernandes, sfx)