Daily Thought: There is a
verse in St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians that I often ponder. “My
grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness” (2
Corinthians 12:1-10). Over the years I have come to realize just how true this
statement is. God’s grace is enough and power is much more powerful when it
comes out of weakness.
We spend a good portion of our life
seeking some sort of power; the power of love, the power of fame, the power of
important, the power of success, the power of accomplishment,, the power of
wealth, the power of comfort, the power of self. There are many powers that we
seek, yet it is only when we realize that we are powerless that the true power,
the power of God is recognized.
It is at the moments of our life when we
let go and let God that we are truly powerful people. It is at the moments of
our life when we trust in the grace of God that we are truly powerful people.
Now this is not an easy answer to come
to, sometimes it takes a life time. Just look at St. Paul’s life. It took an
experience of the Risen Christ along the road to Damascus for Paul to begin to
understand real power in his life.
Often for us, it is not a profound
experience of the Risen Christ but the ordinary struggles, challenges and sorrows
of life that can help us come to the source of real power. It is coming to the
realization that we cannot serve two masters as Jesus points out in the Gospel
(Matthew 6:24-34). It is making the conscious choice to put God at the center
of our life. It is trusting in the reality that when we are weak we are strong.
It is not worrying about tomorrow but living today!
Have a great Saturday everyone!
Daily Prayer: Take, Lord, and
receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my entire will, all I
have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your
grace. That is enough for me. (A prayer by St. Ignatius Loyola)
A Runner’s Thoughts: Running can be
a time for finding out who we really are, it is time on the road, the sidewalk,
the trial with no one to measure our distance but ourselves. Running can be finding out our true character
as we run lap after lap. It can be not giving up when exhausted and journeying
to the finish. Running can help us to trust in ourselves and know somehow that
God’s grace is enough for us.
Daily Blessing: Saturday
greetings and blessings to all! I hope your Saturday has started off well? It
is a somewhat sunny morning here in Carmel, Indiana. It is just nice to not see
rain for a change. Summer will officially arrive tomorrow but we might say that
today is a beautiful summer day!
Well friends I hope this day will be a
good one for you. I pray that God will bless your day today. May you be gifted
and blessed with smiles, laughter, family, friends, fun and peace today! And be
safe out there if you are traveling!
Have a great day and may you be blessed with God’s joy in whatever you
do and wherever you go. May God’s joy be found in the people you meet today and
within you! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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