Category: Speaking to the Soul

“A small family of mother, father, and infant, walked into the temple and Simeon immediately understood that this was the moment for which he had been waiting.”

“Brigid challenges us to go beyond the measured, reasonable generosity that always takes into account that something might run out.”

“This reminds me of Jesus telling his disciples, ‘You give them something to eat.’ It’s easy for everyone to pitch in and share in an environment where all gifts are appreciated.”

“Philosophically, a perfect thing is eternal, and of the spiritual gifts, only love never ends; therefore, it is the greatest of the spiritual gifts.”

“You see this moon. It is the same moon that will shine on you when you’re back home in the states. Look up at the moon and remember us.”

“Jesus changes our lives, heals us, when we let him, when we seek him, when we trust him in faith. It is no different now.”

“The hiddenness and secretiveness of this miracle gives me a lot of hope because I can’t always see what God might be doing in my own life. Sometimes I get a clue, but I often don’t even recognize that. Even then, it is just a clue. I do not know what is going on in the depths. I may never find out.”

“In times of personal fog, I keep waiting for Jesus to appear and wipe away the blur. Sometimes it doesn’t take long; sometimes it might take months, depending on the depth of the trauma and the remembering to breathe before taking one small step at a time. Also, I still have to trust that I will make it through the fog. Jesus is good for that. He only asks that I trust him, even if it’s not 100% trust. Even a baby step will bring him closer and able to wipe the fog away.”

“Yet, over and over again, the stories of the Bible put the bearers of the Word, time and time again, into the mouth of conflict.”

“Rarely do we go out two by two any more. And yet each member of a parish is part of the Body of Christ, the heart and the feet of Jesus.”