Time is not our own and we must give a strict account of it - Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo.
Saint Turibius, you were a true shepherd whose primary concern was the salvation of every soul. You devoted yourself wholeheartedly to that mission. Please pray for us, that we may imitate you and become better instruments of the Gospel, reaching people in ways that will more fully open their hearts to Christ. (My Catholic Life)
Nothing gave the saint Turibius so much pleasure as the greatest labors and dangers, to procure the least spiritual advantage to one soul. Burning with the most vehement desire of laying down his life for his flock, and of suffering all things for him who died for us, he feared no danger (from Butler’s Lives of the Saints)
Hence my dear brothers and sisters, this Easter season, we are called to become the light of Christ in the world because we have been reborn in Him and are new beings. So let us seek what is above, and not what is on earth and carry this light of the risen Lord into the world; testifying and preaching to the world that Jesus Christ our Lord is truly risen from the dead.
So my brothers and sisters, since today’s Palm Sunday celebration calls us to pledge our allegiance and loyalty to God who loves us through penance, mortification, fasting, charity and prayers, let us do so today with Humility, Patience and firmness of faith in Him as we participate in His passion and death this Holy Week.
