[Early] Mass at Calvary

An early morning rise! That was how this beautiful day met our eyes. And, bearing in mind the numbers of the pilgrims that stream into the Holy Sepulchre each day, That made perfect sense!
Luke, Matt, Andy and Clay, all of us, along with other brothers and sisters while it was still dark, went rushing into the Holy Sepulchre early in the day; and like the women from Galilee where we had spent the last days, hearts full of spices and perfumes prepared, found to our joy and amazement that the stone had been rolled away! Overfilled with joy we recalled what He said, that this Temple he will destroy and rebuild in three days;

That made perfect sense!

With delighted hearts we ran into the Holy Sepulchre and behold men with dazzling garments in His persona they came, in red robes they led us into worship and praise of the Risen Lord, an encounter to remind us of our faith, that in life and death in the Lord we remain. Fr. Duran the main celebrant with Fr. Fuller on his flank, Fr. Lodge to us the glad tidings he relayed, what St. Paul had preached to the Jews and gentiles that with the Resurrection of Christ the Cross we’ve embraced and;

That made perfect sense!

We left with joyful hearts, the Lord, having tasted and seen, his words we heard that no snoring could cease, Go forth with zeal to glorify the Lord, with our lives proclaim to the many we see, that whose side they did pierce and spit on his face, many are coming from Mundelein yearly to kiss and embrace, I ask Oh pilgrim, why spring and not fall; soon many amongst us in his persona will proclaim;

That made perfect sense!

As for the rest of the day the streets of Jerusalem we trod, site to site with curious and willing hearts we seek, from cafeterias and walkways to ice-cream parlors they probe, "Where are you from?" Inquisitively they ask, from Mundelein we say, but at the same time wonder, the delight and bliss that their faces convey.

That doesn’t make sense!

But as the evening comes and the day is about to rest, after the evening prayer when everyone is about to ingest, I think of the day and how blessed we have been, I have no words to express but to Fr. Lodge I beckon, tomorrow he says, first day in class with grace;

That will make perfect sense!