Resting with God: Lessons from the dog
Today’s observation comes from watching Cooper and Grace (a couple of miniature schauzers that share my home): The best place to rest is in the Master’s bed – preferably snuggled up on the pillows. It is so much like heaven to rest peacefully surrounded by her scent,…
Change Our Hearts
Last weekend I made a bit of a mistake in how I spent time. I found myself reading a blog discussing the issues with the Bishop in Belleville IL (I’m not including a link because I wasted too much time there and I’m not going to encourage others to do the…
The Risen Christ
Theresa of Avila Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet, on earth but yours. Your are the eyes through which He looks Compassion on this world Yours are the feet With which He walks to do good. Your are the hands With which He blesses all the world Yours…
Listen, Reflect, Receive – again
Since I’ve made this commitment to myself to try to write every day, at least a sentence or two, I’ve begun to appreciate the fact that the Catholic Church has particular readings for every day of the year. In the gospel for Friday, Jesus tells Peter and…
Still scared
I was reading the Thursday Gospel. Jesus, the risen Jesus, appears again to people. And once again, He steps up to the plate to reassure them in their fear that they are seeing a ghost by having them inspect His hands and feet and by eating with them. I am often…