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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
- Thomas Aquinas -
(You get the gist of this,
I'm sure. What practical ways do you need to care for yourself these days?)
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ACTS 20:17-27; PS 68:10-11, 20-21; JN 17:1-11A
R. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
A bountiful rain you showered down, O God, upon your inheritance;
you restored the land when it languished;
Your flock settled in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided it for the
needy.
Blessed day by day be the Lord,
who bears our burdens; God, who is our salvation.
God is a saving God for us;
the LORD, my Lord, controls the passageways of death.
USCCB Lectionary
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Reflection on the Scriptures |
In today's reading in Acts Paul addresses the church leaders of his church at Ephesus. Paul holds both the past and the future in his words. He reflects upon the accomplishments during his time building the church. Paul tenderly shares that he served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to
him. What a poignant and powerful reminder for the church leaders of what has been built and how they need to continue to bear witness to Jesus. In addition to bidding farewell, Paul's address is a commencement of sorts as he shares his plans to travel to Jerusalem. While he suspects this experience will be difficult he embraces the uncertainty of his fate as he is confident in the plan of God.
- by Mary Lee Brock
Creighton Online Ministries
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Selected Quotes from the Writings of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with Patience, builds up
Chastity, is like the columns that sustain the four corners of a house. For it was that same Love which planted a glorious garden redolent with precious herbs and noble flowers--roses and lilies--which breathed forth a wondrous fragrance, that garden on which the true Solomon was accustomed to feast his eyes.
- letter to the Monk Guibert, 1176Paperback edition: Kindle edition available
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