Cesar Fernandez-Stoll

Gospel text ( Mark 16,9-15): After Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had driven out seven demons. She went and reported the news to his followers, who were now mourning and weeping. But when they heard that He lived and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After this He showed himself in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. These men too went back and told the others, but they did not believe them. Later Jesus showed himself to the Eleven while they were at table. He reproached them for their unbelief and stubbornness in refusing to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. Then he told them, «Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation».

Is this about justice, race, the rich, or ‘salvation’ of certain groups from the abuses of others? What ‘this’ is all about is nothing but the destruction of individuality for the rise of the elites over individuals converted in masses only identified by numbers, as cattle, completely denied of humanity and dignity. ‘This’ is nothing new and is a scenario constantly repeated and resurfaced throughout history. Peoples socially gathered from tribes to kingdoms, or republics; none of them wrong establishments as humans are social individuals.

Friday Fax: European Development Aid and Funding Abortions This looks like an 'obsession' of our times. I am talking about the destruction of life, from the most innocent to everyone else. God's creation is what these lost and perverted souls want repulsed. Evil uses selfishness through the power of the system to perpetrate their ill goals of damnation for humanity. God has created us to be saint, to do everything He wants us to do, which is to be happy and fulfilled, but in the freedom provided by his gifts and the institutions of marriage, as the union of one man and one woman, and the nuclear family as the only possible structure capable of maintaining and sustaining the human society. From our individuality, identity and dignity with truth, love, humility and forgiveness.

Gospel text ( John 21,1-14): Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Lake of Tiberias. He appeared to them in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas who was called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two other disciples were together; and Simon Peter said to them, «I'm going fishing». They replied, «We will come with you», and they went out and got into the boat. But they caught nothing that night. When day had already broken, Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus called them, «Children, have you anything to eat?». They answered, «Nothing». Then He said to them, «Throw the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some». When they had lowered the net, they were not able to pull it in because of the great number of fish. Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, «It's the Lord!». At these words, «It's the Lord», Simon Peter put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and jump...