Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
Psalm 24 So many ideas, issues and imperfections needing to be made right vie for my attention! It is so easy to ‘lift up my soul’ to these things, that clatter and clamber for my time and energy, and to lose my head, heart and even body to their complexities. Unlike the ‘challenges’ of daily life, the truths of God’s love and mercy, constantly and quietly at work in all of creation do not fetter me with their urgency or consume my spirit. Rather, God’s Holy Spirit simply extends moments of joy and times of peace to me, requiring only that I show up, watch for his fingerprints in the world around me and in my own heart, and delight in the reflection of His face in the eyes of other men, women and children… and lift up my soul to his Holy Spirit. Will I lose myself in the ways and days of social unrest and human error, or will I allow my soul to reach up to the glory and the light of Father God, his Son who desires only to redeem and heal me, and the Holy Spirit who always holds out comfort, protection and wisdom to me? Holy Spirit of God, help me not lift up my soul to what is false. And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? (Jesus Luke 12:57) Do not spend your energies on things that generate worry, anxiety and anguish. Only one thing is necessary: lift up your spirit and love God. St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Padre Pio Check out these video versions of “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” … St. Patrick’s Hymn to God’s constant presence with us. :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c1b9hqzpaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHWeOnjmHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuzYaDrwwz8 Soli ad gloriam Dei Gospel Mystery of the Day on FaceBook & www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca
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AuthorBeverly Illauq lives in Kemptville, Ontario, where she greets each morning by seeking the Gospel Mystery of the Day - the Word of the Lord for direct and practical application to the specific challenges & joys of the day. Archives
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