Daily Thoughts: A friend of
mind often says, “It is hard when you are the smartest man in the room!” His
point is that often people with smarts often have a hard time with those of us
who don’t. They believe they know it all or at least they know more than
everyone around them and they find it frustrating when things don’t go their
way or at least the way they think things should go.
I thought of this today in terms of our
Gospel (Matthew 11: 25-27). Jesus says, "I give praise to you, Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the
wise and the learned you have revealed them to the child like.” In other words,
sometimes the smartest, the wisest, the most learned among us have no clue!
We are all aware of just how open
children are. They want to learn. They want to experience new things and they
haven’t yet decided what the right way to do things is. They are open to trying
new ways, learning new things and exploring life around them. I think the point
that Jesus is getting at in our Gospel today is that if we are open to the
word, the experience and the presence of God in our lives just like children
are then we will have a better chance of hearing, encountering and recognized
God in our life.
Intelligence, smartest, knowledge and
wisdom are wonderful gifts however they can often get in the way of God’s
presence in our life. It is often better to be like a child rather than the
smartest person in the room.
Let us live, let us embrace today in a
childlike way so that we don’t miss any of what God send our way! Have a great
Wednesday everyone.
Daily Prayer: Loving God, create in us an ever-growing
faith, with hearts open and centered in you. Awaken within us the fire of your
Spirit, so that your love may fill us more fully, and flow throughout our
lives.
Increase within us a desire to reach out,
to invite and to share, to welcome and accept. Awaken the faith of all your
people, especially those who have grown distant from you, those ready to hear
an invitation to the love you alone can bring.
Awaken us, loving God, to see the
fullness of your grace and peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Awakening Faith is a ministry of Paulist
Evangelization Ministries)
A Runner’s Thoughts: Mother Teresa
saw Christ in the face of everyone she met; it is possible to conduct a run
that models her behavior. So as we run, let’s place a smile on our face and
thus offer a blessing to everyone we meet on our run today!
Daily Blessing: Happy Hump Day
and Wednesday blessings to everyone! I trust were ever you are you are staying dry
and cool for the most part. The storms and rain were strong yesterday and it is
overcast this morning but I am hoping we will be experiencing some cooler,
dryer weather over the next week or so.
I head to Scranton, Pa today, I will be
at our Monastery and Parish there St. Ann’s for our long standing solemn novena
to St. Ann which will begin tomorrow and run ten days, nine days of novena and
the celebration of St. Ann and St. Joachim’s feast on the tenth day, July 26th.
Please offer a prayer for our preachers this year, Father Rick Frechette, C.P.
and Father Jack Conley, C.P., for all the Passionists who will gather to help
throughout the ten days and for all the people who will come from far and near
bringing their struggles, sorrows, hopes and joys. Please pray that it is a
faith filled and graced time for all.
Please know as always you will be in my
prayers but over the next ten days you will get special attention as I journey
through the novena. If you have any specific needs or prayer requests let me
know and I will include them in my daily prayers.
A special prayer of blessing goes out
again to Sarah and Theresa, as they journey toward motherhood. Sarah hopefully
only has a few more days until she and Dominick welcome their new addition
while Theresa and Jason have a couple more weeks. May God bless all of them in
these final days of waiting. May Sarah and Theresa be blessed with the grace
and joy that was a part of Mary and Elizabeth’s waiting. May Dominick and Jason
be blessed with the grace and joy of Joseph and Zechariah.
And God’s blessing on all of you today!
May you all find today rich in the presence, joy, hope and love of God. May
each encounter and journey add another piece of the mystery of God to your
life. And may you all be alive with the joyful grace of God’s presence that
will become the gift of you to the world today!
Have a great day everyone! Stay cool and
dry may this day be one of many blessings for you and those who are important
in your life! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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