My reflection:
“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. “C. S. Lewis
God is always with us no matter what we are going through….
April 30, 2022
My reflection:
We need to feel more to understand others
We need to love more to be loved back
We need to cry more to cleanse ourselves
We need to laugh more to enjoy ourselves
We need to be honest and fair when interacting with people
We need to establish a strong ethical basis as a way of life
We need to see more than our own fantasies
We need to hear more and listen to the needs of others
We need to give more and take less
We need to share more and own less
We need to realize the importance of the family as a backbone to stability
We need to look more and realize that we are not so different from one another
We need to create a world where we can trust one another
We need to create a world where we can all peacefully live the life we choose” Susan Polis Schutz
God gives us the graces each day. Let us stop and thank God for all of our gifts.
April 29, 2022
My reflection:
When you’re full of joy, give it away and it will be returned to you when you need it. Share your smiles and hugs and words of encouragement, and feel the reflection of these sunny thoughts and feelings shining back on you. Remember that when you sow seeds of optimism in someone else’s life they will bloom for you too, someday.
If you keep recalling painful or hurtful memories realize that you’re only punishing yourself. Don’t get stuck on a treadmill in your mind that takes you round and round but get you nowhere. Let that hurt go, just as you would untie a knot.
God is always present with us, let us take the time to notice and thank God for all the gifts given us.
April 28, 2022
My reflection is from the Mercy Prayer Book:
Jesus, we believe that you have gone before us to prepare a place for us. We believe that one day we will be united with you and enjoy a new heaven and new earth. During our earthly passage, keep us safe from harm, especially from anything which could separate us from your love. We make this prayer in the certain hope of one day being united with you for all eternity. Amen
April 27, 2022
My reflection today is from The Little White Book:
Jesus said: “A second time, the king sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: Behold I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast. Mt 22:4
“Who would turn down an invitation to a banquet with delicious food, choice wine, and good company?
The people in this Gospel parable would.
They were too busy.
Sometimes like the people in the Gospel, I am an invited guest to a feast and I am too busy to attend. Or maybe there’s a division or bad feeling between myself and the host or the guests, and I can’t bring myself to sit next to them-literally or figuratively. So I don’t go to the feast.
Do I except God’s invitation to the feast and join in, or do I just stay home?
Why would I refuse to attend?”
God has prepared so many things for us are we aware of God’s generosity?
April 26, 2022
My reflection is from the Little White Book:
Jesus said: The king dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.” Mt. 22:3
“In the Gospels, a banquet is traditionally the symbol for gathering in God’s kingdom, heaven.
In this week’s parable, Jesus looks ahead to the time when he has already died, risen, and ascended into heaven.
Parables are very roomy in their meaning, and have many applications. This parable makes me think about the Eucharist. The people were gathered from the streets to celebrate the wedding banquet of the king’s son, just as we gather together to celebrate the Eucharist.
As a Catholic, I believe that at every Eucharist I am joined with the whole Church worldwide and with the Church in heaven.
At the Eucharist, the altar is the great banquet table where Christ brings the whole Church together – the Church in heaven and on earth. people whom I love are part of this banquet. People I do not know are also part of this banquet. Fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, and children who have died are part of this banquet. Because the Lord rose from the dead, ascended to heaven, and has poured his own Spirit upon us, all of us have a bond of divine life that not even death can break.
Gathering together for Sunday Eucharist is as important for the Church as a Thanksgiving meal is for a family.
This should truly be for me.
Let us take time today to remember all of our loved ones those living and those who have died.
April 25, 2022
My reflection:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberate others.” Marianne Williamson
Left God‘s love shine through each one of us every day.
April 24, 2022
My reflection:
“Treat yourself to something that makes you happy. Give yourself permission to be wrong. Applaud yourself for the smallest success; forgive yourself for the greatest defeat. Appreciate yourself for the effort you made, the good you did, and the joy you shared. Accept yourself for what you are, for what you are… is beautiful.” Paula Finn
God wants us to be happy, focus on what is good in your life and not the negativity.
April 23, 2022
My reflection:
“Remember that you are part of the limitless love and you will find strength you never imagined.
The combination of your faith and God‘s power can achieve things beyond your wildest dreams.
Allow His love into your soul, and let Him guide you along the path you were always meant to follow.
Trust that things will turn out as they were meant to be. God has brought you this far, and He will always be close by your side.” Jason Blume
April 22, 2022
My reflection is from Living Faith:
So (Jesus)said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.” John 21:6
“My brain seems wired to notice imperfections. When I walk into a room, I immediately spot stains in the rug, pictures hanging askew and the fraying edges of curtains. My daughter, on the other hand, delights in beauty. She can walk into the same room and see instead a vase of wildflowers, a handmade quilt and the way sunlight slants through the window. I admire how attentive she is to the endless goodness all around her. It reminds me that our God is a God of abundance. He promised Abraham and Sarah descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. He multiplied a few loaves and fishes to feed thousands. He called us to forgive seven times seventy times.
This Easter season, let’s pay attention to the abundance. Today alone, we will take thousands of breaths. Each one is a gift from God!
Generous God, make me mindful of the many good gifts you give me today and every day.” Karla Manternach
God‘s gifts are all around us and within us. Let us take time and thank God for the abundance of graces.