Owen Swain – one of my Plurk buddies from the Great White North – has tagged me with this meme: “Those tagged will share 5 things they “love” about Jesus / Or why they love Jesus. Those tagged will tag 5 other bloggers. Those tagged will provide a link in the comments section here with their name so that others can read them.” OK, so here we go:
- He died for our sins – no matter how badly I screw up, I know he’s there willing to forgive. I only have to come to Him in the Sacrament of Confession
- He wants to flood us with His grace and love – We have so many opportunities to receive His infinite grace and love, we only need to open ourselves up to it.
- He called me to be one of His priests – The priesthood is an incredible treasure of which I can truly say, “Lord, I am not worthy…” It is a great gift to have the opportunity to give myself in service to Him and His people.
- He gave us the Church to guide and protect us – We’re not perfect, even those in authority within the Church make bad decisions and stupid errors, but He continues to guide and lead the Church in His plan of salvation.
- He wants all of us to enter into eternal life – He died and rose again so that we might die and rise to everlasting life in Heaven. What more need be said?
Now, who to tag? I’ll start with my fellow Diocese of Great Falls-Billings priest Fr. Leo McDowell. Another Plurk-friend and blogger who I’ll tag is AdoroTeDevote. I should pick on one of my seminary classmates, so Fr. Jacob Maurer of the Archdiocese of Seattle. Out of sheer laziness, I’m going to punt on the other two and say “Tag, you’re it!” to those who want to pick this meme up and haven’t been tagged yet.
