If you bless a situation,
it has no power to hurt you,
and even if it is troublesome for a time,
it will gradually fade out,
if
you sincerely bless it.
- Emmet Fox
(Take a few moments to "bless" the situations confronting you at this time in life.) |
1 TM 1:1-2, 12-14; PS 16:1B-2A AND 5, 7-8, 11
LK 2:33-35
Jesus' father and mother were amazed at what was said
about him;
and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
"Behold, this child is destined
for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be contradicted
and you yourself a sword will pierce
so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
Reflection on the
Scriptures |
It is the humanity of Jesus, that he is God made man that makes
me feel awestruck. That God sent his only son to live and laugh and love and die only to rise again. That Jesus was tired, sometimes impatient, grateful for his friends. That Jesus had parents in Joseph and Mary. We remember Mary today as Our Lady of Sorrows. It is hard to even imagine what it would be like to see your son beaten, scourged and crucified. But she knew early on that her blessings as the Mother of God would bring pain.
How wonderful that Jesus had his mother to love him, support him and serve as a source of strength. Mary’s capacity to love even in the face of sorrow and pain serves as a beacon to all of us. We know that her love is there for us. We know we can turn to Mary with our sorrows and our joys and our frustrations. She will be there for us. She understands our sorrow and our grief, even the grief that seems to pierce us as
an arrow.
- by Carol Zuegner Revelations of Divine
Love - by Julian of Norwich
Fourteenth Revelation, Chapter 42
“Prayer is a right understanding of
that fulness of joy that is to come, with accordant longing and sure trust”
For this is our Lord’s will, that our prayer and our trust be both alike large. For if we trust not as much as we pray, we do not full worship to our Lord in our prayer, and also we tarry and pain our self. The cause is, as I believe, that we know not truly that our Lord is [the] Ground on whom our prayer
springeth; and also that we know not that it is given us by the grace of His love. For if we knew this, it would make us to trust to have, of our Lord’s gift, all that we desire. For I am sure that no man asketh mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace be first given to him. |
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