Mahatma Gandhi once said, “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” If we are to be people of faith, we need to be Christ like.
As Jesus images in the Gospel, our faith needs to be built on God, our rock, so that when the storms come and the winds blow we stand firm. It does not mean that we don’t sway a little; that we are not pushed at times to our limits; or that the electricity doesn’t go off from time to time. What it does mean is that when the storm is over, the wind stop blowing and the sun comes out we are still standing and a member of the Body of Christ!
Have a great Thursday everyone!
Daily Prayer:
Loving God, help us today;To live life as an opportunity and benefit from it;
To live life as beauty and admire it;
To live life as a dream and realize it;
To see life as a challenge and meet it;
To live life as duty and complete it;
To see life as a game and play it;
To live life as a promise and fulfill it;
To live life as sorrow and overcome it;
To live life as a song and sing it;
To live life as a struggle and accept it;
To live life as a tragedy and confront it;
To live life as an adventure and dare it;
To live life as luck and make it;
To live life as too precious and not destroy it;
To live life as life and embrace it to the fullest. Amen!
(Adapted from a quote by Blessed Mother Teresa)
A Runner’s Thoughts: In an ancient rabbinic saying it is said that when we humans begin a journey we are preceded by angels crying, “Make way! Make way! Here comes the image of God!” So when we run next let us remember that we are the image of God!
Daily Blessing: Thursday greetings and blessings to everyone! I hope your day is starting off well. I was awakened about an hour ago by hail pounding at my window. I am wondering at this moment what my car looks like as the hail storm lasted about ten minutes. The rain is still coming down and there is lightening flashing all around. I think we are to have storms most of the day here in Covington. May the weather be a little calmer wherever you are.
The retreat with the Sisters of Notre Dame continues to go well and there is a good spirit in the house. Please continue to keep the sisters in your prayers and if you can spare an extra prayer for their preacher it will be greatly appreciated.
I pray that God will bless you with a wonderful day. May all your endeavors be rich in the presence, grace, love, joy, mercy and hope of God. May God bless you with a joyful, hopeful presence and may you share it with all you meet today! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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