Daily Thoughts: My though for
today is drawn from today’s readings, (Gospel Mark 1: 29-29), our constant need
for healing. Healing and casting out demons seem to be the work of the day for
Jesus. I was thinking of another line in the Gospel as I read today’s passage during
my prayer time this morning. The line I thought of was, "The poor you will
always have with you" (Matthew 26:11 and Mark 14:7). I thought Jesus could
have easily said, "The sick and demons you will always have with
you!"
There is always healing that needs to be
done, people struggling physically, emotionally and spiritually. Sometimes when
I am day dreaming I wish Jesus would walk into our midst and begin to heal or
that he would give me the temporary power to heal because there are some many
people who could use it!
And demons, they seem to be everywhere
these days, if only Jesus were here to cast them out what a different place the
world could be. It amazes me that the demons always seem to know Jesus and yet
often the people in his presence don't.
Yet, there is another Gospel passage
that also comes to mind, "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his [or her] heart,
but believes that what he [or she] says is going to happen, it will be granted
him [or her]." (Mark 11:23) In other words the power to heal and cast out
demons is within our grasp we just need to believe and not doubt.
So remember as you go through this day,
God just might be calling so be listening and the "force," the power,
the presence of Jesus is always with us to heal and to cast out demons we just need
to believe!
I have a great Wednesday everyone!
Daily Prayer: O God, we are a
struggling people, we want to believe, we want to hear and respond to your
call. Help us to be your servant who listens and grace us with faith so that in
our moments of unbelief we might truly bring your healing presence to all who
need it in this world. Amen!
A Runner's Thoughts: As you run
today remember that running is something that only you can do, no one can do it
for you. So make it part of your faith
take God with you!
Daily Blessing: Happy Hump Day
everyone! I hope you have settled into the journey of this week and that things
are going well. I will be headed into Manhattan this afternoon as we will be
having a rehearsal for the Sunday Mass in our new sight St. Francis de Sales.
We have our first taping there on Friday and we need to see how things will be
set-up and work at this new site. There is sadness in leaving St. Malachy’s. It
was an intimate and beautiful place to celebrate the Sunday Mass but St.
Francis de Sales is also a beautiful church and once we get settled their it
too should be a wonderful place to continue the ministry of the Sunday Mass!
My simple prayer of blessing today is
that God will bless all our endeavors, all our interactions, all of our
challenges, all of our travels, all of our meetings, all of our ordinary tasks,
all of our relationships, all whom we love and us. May we bring the gift of God
to our world today! Have a great day everyone! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr.
Paul
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