Daily Thoughts: “Do you still
not understand?” The closing words by Jesus in today’s Gospel are directed at
the disciples with him in the boat but they could easily be directed at us
today. We just don’t seem to get it at times do we?
Jesus’ disciples didn’t seem at times to
be very good at connecting the dots between Jesus’ words and actions. Jesus was
always asking them if they understood and at times like the Gospel today we
hear the frustration from their lack of understanding in his voice.
Even though we have the opportunity to
reflection and the insight of many before us we often find ourselves just like
the disciples in the Gospel today. We think Jesus means one thing when it is
really about something altogether different. Like the disciples we need to be
reminded over and over again just who we are as people of faith and that we are
called to live lives for the glory of God.
One place where we can revive our
calling as people of faith is the Eucharist. Here we listen once again to the Word
of God, we retell the story of Jesus and we are nourished by the gift of
Eucharist and we are forgiven for those times when we fail to understand, when
we fail to live out the Gospel. The Eucharist is the table that always invited
us to understand, to come back, be connect even when like the disciple we just
can grasp the message!
Have a great Tuesday everyone!
Daily Prayer: Loving God, we
give you thanks this day because we are fearfully and wonderfully made in your
image and likeness. Help us realize and recognize this awesome gift. Strengthen
us to live our life so that your image and likeness may be encounter by all we
meet. Guide us so that our traditions, rules, regulations and rituals do not
hide your image within us but serve as tools that help to enhancement of our
faith and not become our faith. May the living of our faith always put people
first and help us to live in the hope that one day we will hear you proclaim
our life as very good! Amen!
A Runner's Thoughts: Run in a new
place today, for new places can stretch our capacity for finding the presence
of God as we run!
Daily Blessing: Happy Fat
Tuesday everyone! I hope you will take a little time today to celebrate and
ready yourself to enter Lent. Today is one of those ordinary days when I ask
for an extra beer at dinner or perhaps even a piece of cheese cake or another favorite
dessert. Nothing fancy, just a small celebration to lift the spirits as I enter
the long season of Lent. So friends my suggestion is to celebrate today at
least a little!
Though I have to say right now I am not
in the celebrating mood. It is just about 3 am and I have been awake since 1
am. I will not be going back to sleep anytime soon as I have to catch the 4:45
am shuttle from the hotel to the airport in the hope that I will get on a 6:40
am flight to LaGuardia. However the weather report for New York does not look
good today so who knows what will happen. All I know is that I am in “worry
mode” which means no sleep! Perhaps my celebration will be just to get home!
As I worry today I will keep you in my
prayers so if you have things that you need to worry about don’t I will provide
that service for you today. Thus I pray – that God may give you a “worry free”
day – that God will bless all of you with the richness of his grace and love –
that any journeys today will be safe, swift and easy – that your encounters
with others will be life giving and productive – and that your journey through
this day will be filled with smiles. Thus may God bless your day with the
Spirit of “Don’t Worry – Be Happy!” Have a great day with many blessings! Peace
in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul
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