Daily
Thoughts:
It is always interesting to me to hear the stories of the early Church as they
are presented in the Acts of the Apostles. We hear about the struggling and the
joyous moments of the early Church. We meet the people who made up the early
Church and helped it to move forward. We hear about the wonderful faith filled
moments and the dark moments of persecution and challenge.
Each time
I hear the stories of the early Church I am reminded that as much as things
change they also remain the same. The characters are different, the events are
different but the struggles and joys are the same. Today we face many if not
all of the same challenges of the early Church. We have communities of great
faith; we have preachers on fire with the Good News. We have challenges inside
and outside the Church and at times we have persecutions.
Our faith
is constantly in question, challenged, and often under attack. We are faced
with change, differences within and a changing, struggling world around us.
Like the early Church we are a community of believers listening for the voice
of the Good Shepherd. Sometimes we hear it and sometimes the noise of the world
around us tries to out shout it.
Our
challenge is to hear the Good Shepherd’s voice, to recognize it in the midst of
all the other voices and to have faith, to trust and to believe that the Good
Shepherd will always be with us and will never leave us to face our perils
alone!
Have a
great Tuesday everyone!
Daily
Prayer:
Good Shepherd, speak to us words that will comfort and strengthen us today.
Grace us with your loving and hope filled presence. Help us to always hear and
recognize your voice among the many voices of the world. Guide us to the right
path of life. Enliven us with your Spirit to be people who always bring joy and
hope to the world around us. Love us with your everlasting love. Amen!
A
Runner’s Thoughts: Remember when running as a pilgrim, as a friend God, we do
not just log miles, witnessing the run as it happens. Our run becomes an act of
devotion, a spiritual renewing. Our pilgrim run is not mere sightseeing or
getting from one point to another, it is the development of the capacity to see
what is sacred, what is of God and to hear the Good Shepherd!
Daily
Blessing:
Tuesday greetings and blessings to everyone! I hope your day has started off
well. There seems to be some clouds in the shy as morning begins here in Pelham
but I think at some point the sun will be out and we will encounter another
beautiful day. I hope that same is true where you are!
As I
journey on through this Tuesday my prayer is that God will bless all of you is
some special way today. I pray that God will bless your endeavors and your
encounters with others. I pray that God will bless you with safe travel if you
are out and about. I pray that if you are struggling you will feel God’s
presence in the midst of the struggles and know that you are not alone. Most of
all as you journey through this day I pray that you may encounter God’s love
especially when you don’t think it is there! Peace in Christ’s Passion and Hope
in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul
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