Daily Thought: Today we celebrate the last day of November and
the Feast of St. Andrew an apostle and the brother of St. Peter. A line in St.
Paul’s Letter to the Romans caught my attention this morning – “How beautiful
are the feet of those who bring the good news!” Being a preacher my hope always
is to bring the good news and I think I have been successful most of the time
during my years of ministry.
However, it is not just preachers who bring the good news it
is all of us. A couple of years ago around this time a picture appeared of a
NYPD officer in Times Square stopping to give a homeless man a new pair of
shoes. It is a picture that millions saw on the Internet, that evening news
programs showed it. The officer brought the good news not only to the homeless
man but to all of us.
Perhaps as we live life today let us do so by bringing the
good news to the world any way we can, with our voices, our actions, our lives.
Let us believe in God's love with our heart and live it today and always!
Blessings to all with the name Andrew on this feast of St.
Andrew and may we all have a great first Monday of Advent!
Daily Prayer: O God of all who wait, grace us today with your
gift of peace and help us to see, to find, to recognize your gift in ourselves
and in all we meet. Grace us with your gift of faith that we might bring
healing to each moment of life. Grace us with your hope that we might find you
in each person and every moment of life even though we are unworthy to have you
enter under our roof! Grace us with your joy in life this day and always! Amen!
A Runner's Thoughts: God does not wait at the finish line; God
has entered the race, God is constantly with us in all things and all people.
As we run, as we live, our task is simply to recognize that fact and hold it
with us!
Daily Blessing: Monday greetings and blessings to all and welcome
to the beginning of Advent! I hope your long Thanksgiving weekend was filled
with a lot of good food, family, friends and some much needed rest and
relaxation. I also hope you were able to enjoy the time and that it wasn’t just
about shopping!
As for me, I truly did enjoy my long weekend and I am
looking forward to this year’s journey through Advent. I am on jury duty this
week however I called in last night and my number was not chosen for today so I
will call in again this evening to see whether I have to go tomorrow. I think
it is going to be a week of waiting!
It looks to be a fairly nice day here in Pelham. A bit
colder than this past week but not too cold. I sense winter is not too far away
but we have been blessed in this fall with really nice weather so I guess we
cannot complain. I hope it is a nice day by you today.
Have a great Monday friends. May God be with you as you
enter this new work week. May God bless all your endeavors today, all your
meetings and encounters with others, all your projects, work and
responsibilities today. May God bless your travels and your quiet time. May God
bless you and all whom you love with a day filled with his grace, hope, joy,
love and peace. May God also bless you with a faith-filled journey through this
holy season of Advent! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul
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