Evening Thoughts: Well I can hardly call these daily thoughts as it is now 7:30 pm and this is the first time today I have had the chance to sit down and collect my thoughts. Six masses with the last one being 6:00 pm this evening will do that to you. The opening of the Parish Mission at Holy Family has gone well. I am hoping for a nice crowd tomorrow morning and evening. There is a very nice spirit in the parish!
My homily reflections today focused on seeing things differently through the eyes of God, the eyes of faith. The first reading from Jeremiah paints a picture of a man, a prophet who is asked by God to see things differently, to see his life differently.
St. Paul asks the Corinthians to see love differently, not the way the world see it but as God sees it. It is a beautiful reflection about love that we have probably heard a hundred times at weddings and anniversaries. Yet, if we listen to St. Paul closely, love is very hard, it is not easy. It is a perfect love, a love perhaps only that God can offer. It is a love that we are always reminded of each time we look at the Cross. It is a love that asks us to look at our love for God, for others, for ourselves differently.
In the Gospel Jesus asks the community at Nazareth to look at life differently. He asks them to look at a life bigger than themselves and unfortunately they cannot. They are stuck in their own little world!
The challenge of the scriptures today is can we look at life differently? Can we look at life with God's eyes, with the eyes of faith?
Evening Prayer: Loving God, bless us this evening with the gift of your peace. May we have a restful night and rise refreshed to begin a new work week. May we always look at life with the eyes of faith so that we never miss and opportunity to encounter your love! Amen!
Runner's Thought: As you rest this night envision a run tomorrow that will bring the gift of God's presence alive in your run. Run with purpose, run with energy, run with faith tomorrow!
Hope your evening is going well. If you are watching the game I hope you team is winning, If you are not watching I hope you are having a restful evening. Regardless of what you are doing tonight may you go to bed tonight and be blessed with a restful and peaceful night so that you can rise refreshed, ready for a new day! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul
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