Daily Thoughts: “God never
tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.” (Pope
Francis) These words from Pope Francis come to mind as I consider the Gospel
for today (Matt. 18:21 – 19:1). Peter wants to how many times he must forgive a
brother who has sin against him and Jesus’ answer is always. God never tires of
forgiving us so why should we tire of forgiving our sisters and brothers.
This is not easy our human nature seems
to always push us in the direction of not forgiving. We think we will feel
better if we can extract our pound of flesh, if we can get back at the person,
if we can inflict an equal amount of pain and suffering. Yet time and time
again it doesn’t work, it doesn’t satisfy and often we feel even worse.
Even though we don’t understand it God’s
way is better. Mercy, forgiveness, joy and love are the essentials elements of
a satisfying life. They help us to not get stuck but to move on so that we can
enjoy all the moments of our life.
Remember God never tires of forgiving
us. Have a great Thursday everyone!
Daily Prayer: O most gentle
Jesus, deliver us from all evils, past, present and future. Give us a lively faith,
a strong hope and endless love today, so that we may love you with all our
heart, and all our soul, and all our strength. Make us steadfast in good works
and grant us perseverance in your service, so that we may please you always.
Amen. (Adapted from the prayer by St. Clare of Assisi)
A Runner’s Thoughts: Running and
prayer makes you feel powerful, and if you keep trying, you can reach any goal
and be a true friend of God!
Daily Blessing: Thursday
greetings and blessings to all! I hope you day has started off well. It looks
to be another beautiful day here in Pelham. Now I should be in Long Beach, NY
but I am still getting things in order from our water incident earlier this
week. I will be heading there tomorrow.
Hopefully by the end of the day we will
be back to as normal as we usually are here in Pelham. Verizon is to come
between 8am and noon to get our technology back and running. It is nice that
someone in the neighborhood has unprotected internet so that I can at least get
on the internet but everything else is down, TV, phone and our internet.
Hopefully the fix will not be a major one!
I pray and hope your day will be blessed
with the richness of God's blessings. May you have a day blessed with a strong
faith, a life giving hope, rich love and energizing joy. Peace in Christ's
Passion...Fr. Paul
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