Jesus in the Gospel today offers us
peace. Yet he reminds us that the peace he offers is not of this world. In fact
the peace that Jesus offers cannot be found in this world. His peace is lies
beyond this life and flows from his relationship with the Father, the Creator
of peace.
Jesus reminds us that we need not be
troubled or afraid that even though we cannot encounter his peace in this
world, he will not forget us. In other words in order to encounter the peace Jesus
offers we need to somehow let go and let God!
Peace is what we all want in our
personal lives and in our world. We encounter it every once in a while for a
moment however it doesn’t last. Something always comes along to disturb the peace.
Thus we need to be people of faith; we need to be people of hope. We need to have faith and hope in God.
In the midst of all life’s struggles the
early Church continued to move forward. They did not get down, they did not
give up. It was through God’s grace that the Good News was preached. It was
because the early Church had faith and hope in God. Their hearts were not
afraid or trouble they were on the journey towards the peace that Jesus offers.
Let us be people of faith and hope today. May we not be troubled or afraid because
we are willing to let go and let God!
Daily Prayer: Lord, make me
an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love; where
there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair,
hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so
much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to
be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning
that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen.
(Prayer known as the Prayer of St. Francis)
Runner’s Thought: As you run today
remember with each plant of your foot you feel firmness under you. Feel that
firmness as the presence of God. Trust
in that firmness. Know that God is running with you!
Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope your day
has started off well and if not know that I am praying that it gets better!
I am in the midst of paper work and
trying to get caught up with things that have taken a back seat while I have
been on the road. I am working to get out the news about my pilgrimage to
Lourdes in August of 2014 and my upcoming fall marathon runs. Yes, I said runs!
This fall I will be running three marathons in the span of six weeks. I will either
make it to age 60 or I will not! I will have more news of these events later.
Whatever this day brings may part of
what your encounter be God’s love for you and may each experience and each
person your encounter today bring you a little closer to the peace Jesus has
left for us. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Hope in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul
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