Dietrich Bonhoeffer speaks to Paul and
Jesus’ message today with his own reflection on judging. “Judging others makes
us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to
our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
As does Henri Nouwen with his word; “As long as we continue to live as if we are
what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain
filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain
addicted to putting people and things in their "right" place.”
The question that we might ask ourselves
today is do we want to be blind and addicted? Hopefully not which means we need
to remember let God be the judge and every time we are tempted to point out
another’s fault, we should think of our own shortcomings. If we approach life
this way we will be graced by God’s mercy and patience!
Have a great day everyone!
Daily Prayer: Loving God, you
know the ways that we treat people that we do not like. You know that we judge
them, we avoid them, we gossip about them, we hassle them. However wanting to
be your people of faith, your people of love, we do not want to be this way, to
treat people this way anymore. So we ask you for the grace and strength to
learn how not to judge but how to be forgiving and compassionate people today
and always. We want to learn how to forgive and also how to ask for forgiveness
when we struggle and fail. Help us God not to be judging people but to be a
forgiving people just as you are forgiving! We pray this today and always the
Jesus Christ, your Son and our friend. Amen!
Runner’s Thoughts: Running can be
so symbolic of life and faith. In running like in life we have to drive
ourselves to overcome the obstacles. At times we feel that we just cannot do
it. But then we find an inner strength, an inner presence and realize that we
are capable of so much more than we thought. And like in faith when we run we
often realize that we are not alone. That God runs with us!
Daily Blessing: Happy Hump Day
everyone! It doesn’t quite feel like a usual Wednesday because of Monday being
a holiday but we are still at the midpoint of our work week so let’s celebrate!
I hope your day is going well and moving quickly. I hope it is filled with many
good experiences and a people. If it is not then trust in who you are and that
even though life and people might seem like a struggle you are making the day a
good day for anyone who encounters you!
My friends my God’s blessing be with you
today and always. May the richness of who you are as a person created in the
image and likeness of God touch the lives of all you meet. May you bring God’s
presence to every experience and each moment of this day. May the world you
journey through be a better place because of you today. And at the end of the
day may you smile with the tired satisfaction that because of you today was a
good day! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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