Daily Thoughts: Today is a
travel day for me and it will be a long one. I will be leaving Mandeville, Jamaica for the airport in
Kingston in about a half hour at 4:00 am and I will not be getting home until
around 8:00 pm tonight so I am just going to offer you a few thoughts from some
other people to reflect on as you journey through your day…
"We must restore hope to young
people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the
poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace." (Pope Francis)
“Everywhere I looked, hope existed - but
only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a theological
concept, not a spiritual practice. Hope, I began to realize, was not a state of
life. It was at best a gift of life.” (Sr. Joan D. Chittister, O.S.B.)
"To maintain a joyful family
requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family
has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others." (St. John
Paul II)
“Totally love Him who gave Himself
totally out of love for you.” (St. Clare of Assisi)
"Stupidity is also a gift of God,
but one mustn't misuse it." (St. John Paul II)
“My strength returns to me with my cup
of coffee and the reading of the psalms.”
(Dorothy Day)
"Consult not your fears but your
hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your
unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,
but with what it is still possible for you to do." (St. John XXIII)
“Without love, deeds, even the most
brilliant ones, count as nothing.” (St. Thérèse de Lisieux)
"See everything, overlook a great
deal, correct a little." (St. John XXIII)
Have a great Friday everyone!
Daily Prayer: Loving God, It
is your desire that all should be saved. Great is your compassion and mercy
because you gave us your only Son and Christ died for us all. Teach us to
recognize you in all things and love you as you love us. Our prayer of deep
faith today is that through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ you
will send workers into the vineyards of life to proclaim the Good Word. That
through your Holy Spirit of hope you will enkindle in our hearts an ardent love
that can help us to do all things, to be all things and to live in your love.
Be for us the Good Shepherd today and guide along the right road to your tender
love! Amen!
A Runner’s Thoughts: We need to
always remember that there are different forms of prayer, of communication with
God and that they are possible in everything we do, even when we run. So as I
have often said let us allow our run today to be a prayer of thanksgiving, or a
prayer of petition or intercession, or a prayer of praise, or a prayer of
struggle, or a prayer seeking help or perhaps just a prayer that says, “Hello
God how are you today?”
Daily Blessing: Friday
greetings and blessings to all! I am posting this as I wait to leave for the
airport around 4:00 am. It is about a two hour drive from Mandeville to
Kingston. My flight out to Miami is at 8:00 am. I will not be seeing home until
about 8 or 8:30 pm this evening that is if all goes well. So whenever this gets
posted I hope your day is starting out or going well and that you will be
enjoying this Friday in the Octave of Easter in some life giving ways.
I pray for all of you today that you
will once again be touch by the joy of Easter. May you be gifted with many life
giving experiences, with many encounters with God through the people you meet.
May you have safe travels if you are traveling and may you be gifts with much
joy and peace as you journey through this day! God's Easter blessings to all
today! Peace in Christ's Passion and the Joy of the Risen Lord...Fr. Paul
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