In our
world there are many people about life, about hope, about joy, and about all
that is good in our culture and our society and like Stephen they often pay the
price. Some with their lives, some with the burdens of life and all with what anger,
terror and violence can take away from our bodies, our spirits and our souls. Sometimes
it is not a mob, it is just one or two miss guided, angry people, who are more
about themselves than life, who are about negativity, fear, death and evil.
They often think they are about what is good, that they are doing God’s work
however they are doing the work of evil and unfortunately as good people we are
often reminded by the misguided of how much evil is still present in our world.
But like
Stephen we need to remain the “bigger person” in the midst of a world of anger,
violence and terror. We need to remain faith filled people, we need to remain people
of life and not death. We need to remain people of light not darkness. We need
to remain people of trust and freedom not fear. We need to remained people of
hope not despair.
As we
journey through this day may we continue to be remained of and to live on the
Bread of Life, Jesus who is always in our midst.
Have a great
Tuesday everyone!
Daily
Prayer:
I have not used Thomas Merton’s prayer
lately so I thought it might be a prayer to help us live this day… Lord
God, we have no idea where we are going. We do not see the road ahead of us. We
cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do we really know ourselves, and
the fact that we think we are following your will does not mean that we are
actually doing so. But we believe that the desire to please you does in fact
please you. And we hope we have that desire in all that we are doing. We hope
that we will never do anything apart for that desire. And we know that if we do
this you will lead us by the right road though we may know nothing about it. Therefore,
we will trust you always though we may seem to be lost and in the shadow of
death. We will not fear, for you are ever with us, and you will never leave us to
face our perils alone. Amen! (Adapted
from a prayer by Thomas Merton)
A
Runner’s Thoughts: “There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is
to give it everything.” (Vince Lombardi) So to in the spiritual life…
Daily
Blessings:
Tuesday greetings and blessings to all! I hope you are all well and enjoying
the gift of a new day. It was a beautiful sunny day here in Mount Holly
yesterday. Today the rain is to return but the mild temperatures will continue.
I hope the weather where you are will bring about life to your day in some
positive way.
We had a
wonderful opening day of the mission yesterday it was a spirit filled morning
and evening. Please keep the faith community here at Sacred Heart in your
prayers as we celebrate this second day of mission. Also if you could say a
little prayer for their preacher he would greatly appreciate it!
My prayer
of blessing today is that we may all have a safe and productive day, rich in
the presence of God and filled with God’s love and peace. May we all be held
closely by God today and may we all truly know that we are loved today! Peace
in Christ’s Passion and Hope in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul
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