Daily
Thoughts:
The Gospel provides us with an insight into the life of Jesus and his
disciples. Jesus knew that his time was short and his message was important. He
knew that it was vital that his message should be spread as swiftly as
possible. However, Jesus knew it was also important to take time away from
proclaiming the Good News. He knew it was important to rest. Even Jesus himself
often took time to rest and pray. It was in these moments of rest and prayer
that Jesus found the inspiration and wisdom to continue his journey to Calvary.
The
message of our Gospel today is clear. We need to remember that we journey
through this life with God’s blessing and we need to remind ourselves of this
blessing each and every day and the best way to be reminded of God’s blessings
in our life is to pause from the busyness of life – to take some time of rest
and prayer. In other words, we can discover the blessings of God when we spend
some time in prayerful silence. It we don’t we can become overwhelmed by the
busyness of life, the busyness of the world and miss the helping presence of
God in our lives.
We are
all well aware of how life can often overwhelm us. We have many
responsibilities, family, friend, work, ministry, shopping, preparing meals;
getting places we need to be through traffic, bad weather. We face many pressures each and every day and
sometimes they can be more than we bargained for.
Our
Gospel today reminds us to pause in the midst of the busyness of our lives and
take a break, rest a little, pray a little and stay connected with God. This
can make all the difference!
Try and
have a restful Saturday everyone!
Daily
Prayer:
Loving God, who are the light of the minds that know you, the joy of the hearts
that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you: grant us so to
know you that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve
you, who to serve is perfect freedom, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen! (St. Augustine of Hippo)
A
Runner's Thoughts: “To me, the runner’s high is a sensational reaction to a great run! It’s
an exhilarating feeling of satisfaction and achievement.” (Sasha Azevedo) So try to transform your run today from just a run to a
sacred experience by letting God run with you!
Daily
Blessing:
Saturday greetings and blessings to all. It looks like it is going to be a
sunny day here in Pelham. I have got a lot of things to do before I hit the
road this afternoon. So even though our Gospel today says don’t forget to rest
that will have to wait as the busy season of Parish Missions in upon me.
I pray
your Saturday will go well and that you unlike me will have the chance to take
a little time off and get away from the busyness of life. If you cannot I pray
that you will have a chance to do so soon. I also pray that you are able to
navigate through whatever Mother Nature and life are throwing your way these
early days of February.
My prayer
of blessing for you today is this wherever you are today, whomever you are with
or will encounter and whatever you are doing or will do - I pray that you will
be blessed with the grace, love and presence of God. May the God of Peace, who
shared with us the great Shepherd, Jesus, furnish all of us with all that is
good, so that we may always do what God has created us to do. And may we always
take some time to rest and enjoy life. May we remember to pause for a moment of
prayer each day. Enjoy your day, think positive thoughts, wear a smile and
trust that God journeys with you! Blessings to all on your journey through this
Saturday and every day! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul
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