... powerful words come from today's Gospel. What do they tell us about the Easter message? The words say and Easter reveals that we must find it in order to believe it. Hermann Hesse in his wonderful novel Siddhartha1 speaks of the search for life and meaning, a story of seeing and ultimately believing. Siddhartha was the son of a Brahmin or religious holy man in the ... let us empty ourselves. Let us be re-filled with the Lord, so that we too can see and believe! 1. Herman Hesse, Siddhartha (Bantam Books, 1951).
2. A Servant Helping a World in Need
Mark 1:4-11
Illustration
Charles Hoffacker
In one of German writer Herman Hesse's books, Journey to the East, the central figure is man named Leo. Leo accompanies a party of travelers as their servant doing menial chores, but he also sustains them with his spirit and his song. He is a person of extraordinary presence. All goes well for the travelers until ...
