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:
Wednesday greetings and blessings to all. It is rather humid here in Pelham
this morning but it looks like a day that will have a lot of sun and rather hot
temperatures. 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!
In a
little while it will be off to my new office and a day of looking ahead to the
next taping on the Sunday Mass. The process of renovating and Lower Church at
the Immaculate Conception Parish has begun though only on paper at this point
but we have to keep the process moving so that we will be ready by September.
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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