Daily Thoughts: There was a
poster I once saw that said, “If you were to be put on trial for being a
Christian, would you be found guilty?” Perhaps that is what Jesus is getting at
in the Gospel today (Matt 7:21-29). It is not about what we say; it is about
how we live especially when there is a storm.
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 day 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 human beings journey we are preceded by
angels crying, “Make way! May way! Here comes the image of God!” So when we run
next let us be the image of God!
Daily Blessing: Thursday greetings
and blessings to everyone! I hope you are having a good day! I will be leaving
Notre Dame in a little while and heading to the northern suburbs of Chicago. I
will spend a couple of days with my brother and his family before heading to Manitowoc,
WI where I will begin a retreat for sisters on Sunday.
It is a rainy day here at Notre Dame. My
run this morning was a little difficult with the rain but it was also
refreshing. I hope the sun is out where you are but if it is raining see it as
God refreshing you and the earth!
I pray that God is blessing you with a
wonderful day. May all your endeavors be rich in the presence, grace, love, joy
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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