Daily Thoughts: “A [person]
knows when he [or she] has found his [or her] vocation when he [or she] stops
thinking about how to live and begins to live.” (Thomas Merton) I think this is a good quote for our Gospel
reading today. The 12 apostles (Matt. 10:1-7) begin to live today and in doing
so they find out what God has in store for them.
Isn’t this true for all of us? In living
we uncover, we find, we experience, we become who God calls us to be. A verse
from John’s Gospel came to mind as I reflected upon today’s Gospel, “You did
not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear
fruit – fruit that will last” (John 15:16). The twelve were chosen by Jesus and
in the Gospel today they take their first steps in living out that call, they
bring the gift of God to the people that they encounter.
The challenge today for us is – Are we
living out our call? And what gifts are we offering the world today? Have a
great Wednesday everyone!
Daily Prayer: O God, you have
called us to serve you today. You have asked some work of us today that you
have not asked of others. We have a mission, a call, a meaning to our life
today and we may never know its fruit fully. We are a link in your chain of
life, a bond of connection between your people. Help us today to do good, to do
your work, to be an angel of peace, a preacher of the Good News in our own way.
Grace us with the gift of hope that we can share with whomever we meet. Amen!
A Runner’s Thoughts: Let’s run in a
spirit of gratefulness today. Before we begin our run let’s declare our
intention to look upon all we encounter with the freshness of the unexpected.
Let us run with a sense of miraculous expectation and allow a feeling of
gratitude for the extraordinary and the ordinary to flow through our being. As
we run today let us be thankful to God for life! (Adapted from Roger Joslin –
Running the Spiritual Path)
Daily Blessing: Guess what day
it is? Guess what – day it is? It is Hump Day - Wednesday so Happy Hump Day and
Wednesday blessings to all!
It has been a rather strange week to say
the least. Much to do today and I am still waiting for word about my car
hopefully the adjuster will see it today and some sort of decision will be
made. Aside from my car I have a mass at a nursing home this morning and a lot
of paperwork and correspondence to catch up on as I will be hitting the road
again at the end of the week. It is rather humid here in Pelham this morning and looking a
bit like rain. I hope your Wednesday has started off well and that you will
encounter a beautiful sunny day were ever you are unless you need the rain!
My prayer of blessing is that your day
will be blessed with God’s peaceful presence and that your work, your
encounters with others, your travel and your return home will be graced with a
true sense of faith, hope, joy and love. Have a great Wednesday everyone –
enjoy the day as best as you can and remember you are a gift and you make
everyone’s day that you meet better! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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