“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,whose hope is the LORD.He is like a tree planted beside the watersthat stretches out its roots to the stream:It fears not the heat when it comes,its leaves stay green;In the year of drought it shows no distress,but still bears fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 I have always had…
Today’s Second Reading: It was not through the lawthat the promise was made to Abraham and his descendantsthat he would inherit the world,but through the righteousness that comes from faith.For this reason, it depends on faith,so that it may be a gift,and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants,not to those who only…
Give and gifts will be given to you;a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,will be poured into your lap.For the measure with which you measurewill in return be measured out to you. Luke 37-38 I remember when Pope Francis visited Congress several years back (2015) and he used this scripture to illustrate his…
Lent Thing: Less Grievance/More Gratitude The final sentance in today’s readings was: “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you, this is the law and the prohets” Matt 7:12 I sat on this most of the day because I was torn between all of the readings. But this was the one that…
“A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit.” Psalm 51: 12 This line is from one of the Penitential Psalms. It is in the middle where the psalmist is changing from asking for forgiveness for his sins and replacing it with asking to be drawn closer to God. A clean…
Less Grievance/More Holiness It has been a tough time at my work. With my pastor leaving everything is uncertain and in flux. Since it is Lent, there is little rest as I try to maintain the online presence and the programs activities. I do this while being part time (ha!!). It is my youngest daughters’…
I am going to have to apologize for my lack of content but I have spent several hours trying to get this blog up and running again and all being done by trial and error. But in the spirit of Lent, “less grievance/more gratitude” I will leave it at that. I hope you subscribe to…
repurposed post “A clean heart create for me O God, renew in me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive from me your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit.” Psalm 51: 12-13 I have been lingering in the Psalms for a while with this one being one of my favorites. I have verse 12…
Happy Lent! I am so charged to be back! I have been in a serious dryspell with writing, (thus the plant)
“As one face differs from another, so does one human heart from another” Proverbs 27:19 I think too often we make the mistake of thinking that each of us are meant to be on the same path or at the same place in our human experience because we share the same faith or at least…