Daily Thoughts: In the Gospel
today (Matt 11:28-30) Jesus reminds all of us that we should always come to
him, that we should always come to God, when we are troubled and find life
burdensome and difficult. Jesus will give us comfort and rest. With Jesus, with
God, the struggles, difficulties and burdens of life can easy. What makes them
easy is having faith in our relationship with Jesus.
A few years ago I ran across a
definition of faith that went something like this – Faith is staking your life
on the promises of God. Think about that for a moment – staking your life on
the promises of God. In the Gospel Jesus promises that if we have faith we will
always have comfort and rest even in the midst of troubles and challenges.
Having faith is the key. Life is never easy and each new day brings challenges,
struggles, burdens and difficulties but knowing where and with whom to stake
our life can make all the difference.
So my friends in the midst of all that
the world throws at us, let us continue to walk by faith by trusting in our
friendship with God and staking our life of God’s promises.
Have a great day everyone.
Daily Prayer: Take, Lord, and
receive all our liberty, our memory, our understanding, and our entire will,
all we have and call our own. You have given all to us. To you, Lord, we return
it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give us only your love and
your grace that is enough for us. (Adapted
from St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Prayer)
A Runner’s Thoughts: We need to
always remember that there are different forms of prayer, of communication with
God and that they are possible in everything we do, even when we run. So as I
have often said, let us allow our run today to be a prayer – a prayer of
thanksgiving, a prayer of petition or intercession, a prayer of praise, a
prayer of struggle, or a prayer seeking help or perhaps just a prayer that says
hello God how are you today?
Daily Blessing: Thursday blessings
and greetings to all. It is a beautiful sunny day here in Pelham. The humidity
has gone away. You could not ask for a better day. It is the kind of day that
makes you want to get out of bed! I hope wherever you are it is a beautiful day
also.
In a little while I will be headed to
Scranton, Pa. I will be at our Monastery and Parish there St. Ann’s for our
long standing solemn novena to St. Ann which will begin Friday and run ten
days, nine days of novena and the celebration of St. Ann and St. Joachim’s
feast on the tenth day, July 26th. Please offer a prayer for our preachers this
year, Father Chris Cleary, C.P. and Father Lee Havey, C.P., for all the
Passionists who will gather to help throughout the ten days and for all the
people who will come from far and near bringing their struggles, sorrows, hopes
and joys. Please pray that it is a faith filled and graced time for all.
Please know as always you will be in my
prayers but over the next ten days you will get special attention as I journey
through the novena. If you have any specific needs or prayer requests let me
know and I will include them in my daily prayers.
I pray that God will bless your day with
the richness of His presence wherever you go and in whatever you do. May you
find the gift of joy within you and may it energize your living of life today.
And may you know the strength, the joy and in the hope of God’s love as you
live this day!
Well, friends stay well and have a great
day! Please know as always you are in my prayers and may you always know that
you are truly a gift. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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