Our Grounds for Hope- by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Opposite St. Patricks Cathedral in New York is a giant statue of Atlas, bending and groaning and grunting under the weight of the world. That is modern man! The world is too heavy for him and man is breaking under it, trying like a silly child to carry it alone, without any help or grace or faith from God. The other image I see is that of the God-Man on Good Friday, carrying a cross, taking upon himself the burden of others and proving that sacrifice for sin, selflessness, and love of God and neighbor alone can remake the world. No one will get out of this world without carrying some burden. Atlas will never get out from under that world; the Man who carried the cross will get out from under it, for it leads to resurrection and a crown of life eternal.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 21:05:31 +0000
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