Daily Thoughts: Today provides us with two wonderful readings. The first from Isaiah, within it we find a wonderful image, a world where everything is about life. A world were every obstacle is over come. My favorite part of this reading is, "A highway will be there called the holy way...It is for those with a journey to make, and on it the redeemed will walk." Once again, Isaiah provides us with the gift of hope. Recently I saw the movie "The Way" with Martin Sheen. It to was about a journey that started out as a struggle but ended with redemption. It like Isaiah's reflection today was about faith and hope made possible by God's gracious love.
The Gospel presents us with a two part story. One Jesus' struggle with the religious leadership and the other is the graced story of the man who cannot walk and his friends bring him to Jesus. They cannot get to Jesus because of the crowded house so the open up a hole in the roof and lower the man in so that he might be healed by Jesus. The great gift of the second part of the story is that the man was healed because of the faith of his friends.
We might say that these two reading work together for us today. The image of Isaiah's wonderful world is hopeful only if we work together, only if we journey together. Community, friendships, relationships bring about life and help us overcome what is not life. They often make healing and forgiveness possible.
Perhaps today we might get a little closer to the world of Isaiah if we get on the holy way and bring someone else with us so that we can make the journey to God's love together!
Daily Prayer: O God of power and mercy, open our hearts in welcome friends on this holy journey. Help us remove what hinders the way so that we may bring others and ourselves into your forgiving and healing presence. Bring our deserts to life. Open our eyes, our ears, our mouths and enable to leap with joy along the highway to you our God! Amen!
Runner's Thought: That someone on your run today, perhaps in physically but spiritually. Bring them to God for healing, forgiveness. Make your run a holy way today!
Have a grace filled Monday everyone. Blessings on all journeys, all work and all friendships today! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul
PS Prayers for our mission here at Holy Family in Nassau, The Bahamas today. We begin tonight at 7:30 pm. May it truly be a time of grace and hope!
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