Daily
Thoughts:
My thought for today is drawn from today’s readings, (Gospel Mark 1: 29-29),
our constant need for healing. Healing and casting out demons seem to be the
work of the day for Jesus. I was thinking of another line in the Gospel as I
read today’s passage during my prayer time this morning. The line I thought of
was, "The poor you will always have with you" (Matthew 26:11 and Mark
14:7). I thought Jesus could have easily said, "The sick and demons you
will always have with you!"
There is
always healing that needs to be done, people struggling physically, emotionally
and spiritually. Sometimes when I am day dreaming I wish Jesus would walk into
our midst and begin to heal or that he would give me the temporary power to
heal because there are so many people who could use it!
And
demons, they seem to be everywhere these days, if only Jesus were here to cast
them out what a different place the world could be. It amazes me that the
demons always seem to know Jesus and yet often the people in his presence
don't.
Yet,
there is another Gospel passage that also comes to mind, "Truly I say to
you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and
does not doubt in his [or her] heart, but believes that what he [or she] says
is going to happen, it will be granted him [or her]." (Mark 11:23) In
other words the power to heal and cast out demons is within our grasp we just
need to believe and not doubt.
So
remember as you go through this day, God just might be calling so be listening
and “the force," the power, the presence of Jesus is always with us to
heal and to cast out demons we just need to believe!
I have a
great Wednesday everyone!
Daily
Prayer:
O God, we are a struggling people, we want to believe, we want to hear and respond
to your call. Help us to be your servant who listens and grace us with faith so
that in our moments of unbelief we might truly bring your healing presence to
all who need it in this world. Amen!
A
Runner's Thoughts: As you run today remember that running is something that
only you can do, no one can do it for you.
So make it part of your faith take God with you!
Daily
Blessing:
Wednesday greetings and blessings to all. I hope you have settled into the
journey of this week and that things are going well. In an hour or so I will be
headed to Scranton, PA for the day. I am taking a friend there who has been transfer
to our community there. He doesn’t have a car as of yet so he needs to get
himself and his things there so I volunteered. It looks like is going to be a
sunny but cold day so I think it will be a good ride to and from The Valley!
I hope
your day has started off well and that whatever tasks, work, travels and
interactions you face today will be positive ones for you and those you
encountered. May the sun shine bright on your face today.
My simple
prayer of blessing today is that God will bless all our endeavors, all our
interactions, all of our challenges, all of our travels, all of our meetings,
all of our ordinary tasks, all of our relationships, all whom we love and us.
May we bring the gift of God to our world today! Have a great day everyone!
Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul
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