Stories of Life
Who doesn’t love a story? Hope, conflict, wonder, desperation, loneliness, surprise, love, a hero. Story seems to be wired into our DNA. We all tell them, and we find many ways to do them.
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Let us pause to reflect in the middle of this year,
reflect on the events in our lives and the issues of this week, this year.
As we pause, we are mindful of the thoughts and hopes
we thought about six months ago,
and the racing, flying of this year.
In our reflection, we remember
the most important things in our lives,
the sacrifice of Jesus, the love of the Father
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
Mark 12:29-31
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this:
'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one.
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your mind
and with all your strength.'
The second is this: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.'
There is no commandment greater than these."
Lord Jesus,
we are sorry for the times that we allow the events in our lives to overshadow your love and purpose.
Help us to always see you,
to turn to you first in times of trouble or heartbreak,
to rely on you for our peace, our strength, and our very being.
Author of Life,
You are our Lord, our God,
You are our all!
Thank you for your love,
for giving your life
so that we can live in your love each day.
I choose to love you today
with all my heart,
with all my soul,
with all my mind
and with all my strength.
Help me to love my neighbour as myself
and to be a witness to you
in all I say and do.
I give you praise,
for you deserve it!
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Who doesn’t love a story? Hope, conflict, wonder, desperation, loneliness, surprise, love, a hero. Story seems to be wired into our DNA. We all tell them, and we find many ways to do them.
Reflect, today, upon how willing you are to embrace sacrifice in your own life. No, your sacrifices are not able to save the world by their own merit, but if you face your crosses in life, be they big or small, and if you intentionally and wholeheartedly unite them to the actions of Jesus that first Holy Week, then you can be certain that you will suffer with our Lord. But you can also be certain that your suffering will be transformed by the power of this Holy Week and lead you to a glorious sharing in His triumph over all sin and suffering.
The act of making a pilgrimage – traveling to a sacred place to encounter the divine – is ancient, probably as old as humanity itself. Perhaps the first Christian pilgrimage was that of the Wise Men, men who were not even believers in the Messiah, but who knew that “something” drew them from their homes and studies. Unsure as to what they sought, they found not a someTHING, but a someONE: Christ the Lord.
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