Collect for 29th Sunday Year B

 

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The Collect for the Twenty Ninth Year B reads as follows:

Almighty ever-living God,

grant that we may always conform our will to Yours

and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

1.What is God’s will for me in my life and for this coming week?

2. What action/s will I take to conform my life to God’s will this coming week?

3. Examine the areas in my life which are presently not according to God’s will?

4. How do I serve Your majesty-what does this mean to me?

5. What means does the church provide to assist us to live according to God’s will in our lives?

6. How sincere is my relationship with God currently? What  areas need to change?

.GOSPEL REFLECTION

 The Gospel is from St Mark 10:35-45 10:17-30. This Gospel teaches us:

1. To be at peace where God places us.

2. To not be jealous of other people’s position or changed circumstances for the better especially when our own is not changing or seemingly getting worse.

3. To accept that God’s way is not our way but God’s way is always better. We must hold onto our faith, hope and love in God knowing that God will always provide the best option for us.

4.God is all loving and knows our struggles.  We do not have to carry our burden alone since He has redeemed us through His passion, death and resurrection.  We need to journey with Him each day and allow Jesus to carry our daily load. Jesus is always willing to carry the heavier parts. We only need to carry the load of the day with Him.

 

With James and John, let us tell Jesus that we are ready to follow Him on the path to Calvary; that we are ready to drink the cup of sufferings which He drank and to be immersed in the sorrows which he endured. He went through all of this for us; we are doing it for our own sakes. He carried the real cross—ours is light when compared with His; furthermore, Jesus will help us to bear our daily trial and struggles. How could we become weary and fainthearted when we have Christ helping us on the road?

We do not walk the way of the world. We are in the world but not of the world. We need to walk the path less travelled this coming week since our homeland is in Heaven.

Collect for 28th Sunday of Year B

 

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The Collect for the Twenty Eighth Year B reads as follows:

 

May your grace, O Lord, we pray,

at all times go before us and follow after

and make us always determined

to carry out good works.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

1. What is Grace?

2. How has God’s grace been with you this last week?

3. What areas in my life need God’s grace to go before me this coming week?

4. How can I be a gift of God’s grace to my family, parishioners, work colleagues and to all I meet this coming week?

5. Am I determined to carry out good works this coming week?

6. What good works will I carry out through God’s grace this coming week?

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 GOSPEL REFLECTION

 The Gospel is from St Mark 10:17-30. This Gospel teaches us:

1. Come to Jesus with our problems. Jesus is ready to listen.

2.Over attachment to worldly goods is a big obstacle to entering Heaven. In our modern day we talk about decluttering so we can be freer. Jesus gives us today in the Gospel a very good reason to not only declutter our homes but more importantly declutter our souls in the sacrament of Reconciliation. Jesus will set us free.

3. Have an open heart and keep the commandments but to be a closer follower of Jesus- to have a true relationship with Him.

4. Value the goal and be determined to live a life worthy of eternal life in this world.  Do we want to be like the rich man and be so attached to our life here on earth that we do nothing to prepare for our eternal life?  We are on earth to live but to live with a purpose, to live for eternal life. Being with God in Heaven is our goal. The price may be high at times in what Jesus asks of us. Are you willing to pay the price for the sake of eternal life?

 The man in this story was a good-living man, he kept all the commandments from his youth upward and he had an interest in eternal life, while many of his compatriots of that day had not. Reading this man's heart like an open book, Christ saw that not only was he fit for eternal life but that he was one who could have a very high place in heaven if he would leave everything and become a close follower of his. Not only would he become a saint, but he would lead many to sanctity.

The remark of Jesus to the disciples later: "how hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God" holds for all time and for all mankind.

This statement of Christ, however, does not mean that a follower may not possess any of this world's goods. He may possess and use those goods, but what he must not do is to allow them to take such a hold on him that he has no time for acquiring everlasting goods— the Christian virtues.

 Unfortunately, there are Christians whose whole purpose in this life is the accumulation of worldly goods. Concentration on such accumulation is wrong, but in many cases the methods of acquisition are unjust: defrauding laborers of their just wages; overcharging customers; cheating in business deals; giving false measures and many other devices which produce unearned wealth.

All this is far from Christian justice, and those who have let such sinful greed to regulate their lives are certainly not on the road to heaven. There are other sins, of course, which can keep us from heaven, but of all the sins a man can commit this irrational greed for the wealth of this world seems the most unreasonable of them all. How utterly inane and foolish to have spent a lifetime collecting something from which we shall soon be parted forever! The rich man's bank-book and his gilt-edged shares will be not only valueless in the after-life but they, if unjustly acquired, will be witnesses for the prosecution at the judgment on which one's eternal future depends.

While most of us are not guilty of such excessive greed for wealth, we all do need to examine our consciences as to how we acquire and use the limited wealth we have. There are very rich men who have acquired their wealth honestly and justly and who spend much of their wealth on charitable causes. Their wealth will not hinder them from reaching heaven.

On the other hand, on a lower- or middle-income bracket, we cannot excuse ourselves. We may not be able to found a hospital for the poor, or pay an annuity to support the family of a disabled fellow workman, but we are not excused from bringing a little gift to our neighbours who are in hospital, or from supplying even part of a meal for the dependants of the injured workman.

Also, we need to ensure that we may be offending against justice through the means we use to acquire what we have, and in the little helps which we refuse to a needy neighbour.

We may wish to reread the Gospel story of the widow’s mite. Remember that Christ praised the widow who put a mite (a cent) into the collection-box for the poor in the temple area, and he also said that a cup of cold water given in his name would not go without reward. We need not be rich in order to be charitable; often our own exaggerated sense of our poverty can make us hard-hearted and mean toward our fellowmen who look to us for help.

Today’s Gospel therefore reminds us that the true Christian, a true follower of Christ whose principal purpose in life is to serve God, will not overburden himself/ herself  with unnecessary pieces of luggage; instead he/she will travel light and be ever ready to help others also to carry their burdens.

The other aspect of travelling light is not carrying the burden of sin with us.  Jesus is wanting to be merciful to us.  In this time of pandemic, we may not be able to attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  However, we can come to God each day and ask His forgiveness.  We can prepare too for that encounter in the Sacrament by being ready for the sacrament.  We may want to really take a good look at ourselves in the light of the Gospel and in the light of this Gospel. 

Praying the Rosary in October

 

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PRAYING THE ROSARY IN OCTOBER.

 

Yesterday I joined an online Rosary for the commencement of the 5^th Plenary Council in Australia and for the end to the pandemic.  They prayed in one hour the whole rosary- 20 decades, that is Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious.

I have to say that as I was praying the Rosary for these intentions that I realised that I had not prayed the whole Rosary in the one session for a long time. It was indeed an hour well spent.

 

October is the month of the Rosary since the Feast of the Holy Rosary falls on 7^th October.  It is a month to honour Mary. 

Notice I use the honour.  Many people mistakenly think that Catholics worship Mary. No, we worship God and God alone but  we honour Mary since although she was without sin from her conception, she was a member of the human race.

 

I have to say from the outset that although I was brought up saying the Rosary, I did not say it regularly myself alone but of course said joined in reciting it before or after Mass over the years. However, during the pandemic and the extended lockdown that Melbourne has had, I started reciting the Rosary most days.

As I had not recited it on my own, I chose to start with a decade a day for a week, then 2 the following week and so on.   What I found though is that once I got into the habit of stopping what I was doing and setting aside some time daily, that it became easier to get into the rhythm of it.

Many people dislike the repetitiveness of the Rosary.  It is in the repetitiveness of the vocal prayers that there is the opportunity to meditate upon the mystery being recited.  I found that having a short scripture quote for each of the mysteries was very helpful not only at the beginning of each mystery but also for times when my mind started to wander.  I would stop and read aloud the scripture quote again to help me refocus.

 

When we pray, it is of course our intention that is vital.  We may feel tired or stressed or have physical ailments that nag us.  However, if our intention is to meditate on the life of Christ through the lens of Mary, then whatever shortcomings may beset us, we may be sure that God will be pleased with our effort.

 

What difference can you make during October by saying the Rosary?

1f you have not said a decade of the Rosary or a set of mysteries or the whole Rosary for ages, then start small and warm into it at your pace.

Perhaps 10 Hail Mary’s may seem too much especially if you have the view that the Rosary is too repetitive.  Then start with 2 Hail Mary’s the first day for 2 days, then 4 for the next 2 days and so on.  Obviously change it up to suit your needs.  The advantage of 2 could be that you say 2 Hail Mary’s in the morning and 2 in the evening.

This could be a way of introducing it and praying the Rosary with your family. Dont hit them with the 20 Decades first day.!!!  However there may be a time that you organise with your family for these 2 Hail Marys.  You could also ask your family to name the intention for these 2 Hail Mary’s. You could start this process with them during October and then continue on throughout the year, gradually increasing it as is appropriate or keeping it at the 2 Hail Marys.

My experience of appreciating the Rosary more is being consistent in reciting it and using the Scripture to remind me and to help me focus when my mind wanders.  It happens when I am tired or stressed. I have been known to fall asleep half way through the decade.  Obviously, this is less likely to happen when the Rosary is being recited with other people. Still, I take comfort in the thought that God knows I am trying and that Heaven is praying with me too.  When I wake up, I am refreshed and I continue on where I left off.

 

So this is one way you could start your own tradition and/or the tradition of your family during October and beyond. Choose your pace, your needs and what you can consistently manage for yourself and/or your family and start today.

Collect for 27th Sunday of Year B

 

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The Collect for the Twenty Seventh Sunday Year B reads as follows:

 

Almighty ever-living God,

who in the abundance of Your kindness

surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you,

pour out Your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads

and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

 

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

1 How has God shown me abundance and kindness in my life/during this past week?

2. How have I expressed this gratitude to God for this great abundance and kindness?

3.Make a list of desires which would give you the most joy.  Watch in God’s time how He gives and surpasses my desires at what I think would have made me happy.

4.What areas in my life do I need God’s mercy?

5. What is my attitude to the Sacrament of God’s mercy- Reconciliation? What hindrances do I experience  and how I can I delve deeper into this sacrament?

6. What do I dare not ask God?  Why not ask it this week.

 

 

GOSPEL REFLECTION

 The Gospel is from St Mark 10:2-16.  It is divided into two sections.  On the first section which relates to "divorce", Jesus reiterates what was in the Book of Genesis, 2:18-24 which clearly states that from the very beginning, God's plan for marriage was that it should be a life-long unity of one man and one woman. Its purpose is the procreation of children and their education, as well as the mutual love and fulfillment of the husband and wife. These demand this life-long bond. Divorce, which tries to break this bond, breaks the law of the Creator who decreed what was best for the temporal and spiritual welfare of the human race.

The second section of today's Gospel describe an incident which is in no way connected with the previous section, but which has a very useful lesson for all Christians. It describes Christ's love for children and while manifesting this love he stresses the need for all his true followers to be childlike. "I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

To receive the kingdom of God is to accept the teaching of Christ and live according to it in his kingdom on earth. He who does this will enter, after death, into the eternal kingdom of heaven. Christ says, however, that we must accept "like a child": his kingdom on earth, his teaching and the Church he founded to carry on that teaching. Of course, this does not mean: in a childish way, an unthinking, uneducated way, but in a child-like way-a humble, grateful, receptive way. A child is unselfconscious, content to be dependent on others' care and generosity. Christianity is a gift of the generous God to us, we have done nothing and never could do anything to merit it. We must accept it simply and gratefully as a gift; we could never deserve it.

We may wish to reclaim our inheritance as we think of ourselves as a child of God.  Yet we may wish to reflect upon whether we truly are living it as a child of God. If not, resolve to make one change this coming week. Start the process of becoming a child of God in its fullest sense.

The assent of the intellect to the doctrine revealed by Christ is not sufficient of itself for a Christian to earn the eternal kingdom; faith is the total acceptance and commitment of the believer to God through Jesus Christ. A person of true faith commits himself/herself to God with a filial childlike trust, assured that if he/she does all that he can God will do the rest. In fact why not ask our Heavenly Father what to do  and how to do our tasks. Asking God for help is essential but we can also ask Him before we begin a task/duty. Perhaps we have so many tasks to do and we don’t know where to start. Ask your heavenly Father through the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, our Christian faith must be childlike, a trusting, humble and obedient faith. This is the kind of faith that will move mountains—the mountains that loom so large in the vision of too many Christians today—the mountains of doubt, selfishness, unwillingness to be subjected to authority. Christ asks us, if we would be his followers: to take up our daily cross and climb the way to Calvary after him. This daily cross is made of the troubles and trials of life from which no one can escape. They can be borne with reluctance and grumbling or they can be accepted as the loving God's means of training us for the future life. Every true Christian accepts his trials in the latter way, for if he is true to his faith he knows that his years on earth are his apprenticeship to prepare him for his eternal life.

God is surely not asking too much of us when he asks us to live our Christian faith in childlike humility, candour and confidence during the days of our pilgrimage on this earth.

Let us live this coming week with passion, enthusiasm and joy despite the difficulties of our personal lives and the global pandemic.

 

 

 

 

 

Collect for Twenty Sixth Sunday of Year B

 

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The Collect for the Twenty Sixth Sunday Year B reads as follows:

 

O God, who manifest your almighty power

above all by pardoning and showing mercy, bestow,

we pray, your grace abundantly upon us

and make those hastening to attain your promises heirs

to the treasures of heaven.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

 

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

1. How does God manifest His almighty power to You this last week?

2. What mercy and graces has God given me in my life?

3. What is my attitude to the sacrament of Reconciliation?

4. How do I show God my gratitude for the grace and mercy God provides me?

5. What are the treasures of heaven that I need to aspire to attain this week?

 

GOSPEL REFLECTION

 The Gospel is from St Mark 9:38-43,45,57-48.  There are three very practical lessons we must learn from today's Gospel: the grave obligation we have of not causing scandal to our fellow-Christians or indeed to any person and secondly, the willingness we should have to sacrifice any earthly possession which is a cause of sin to us.

Scandal, the sin of being a cause or an occasion of another's sin, is doubly sinful involving one's own sin and the sin of the person scandalized. Scandal can be caused by word—that is, by teaching or propagating wrong doctrine or by giving sinful advice, and it can be caused by one's own sinful deeds which may be imitated by others. Those in positions of authority such as parents whose duty it is to bring up their children in the Christian faith, are especially liable to give scandal if they fail to live truly Christian lives. Christian parents who fail to live according to their faith will be held accountable not only for their own sins, but for the sins of their children and perhaps their children's children for generations to come.

The second lesson for all of us in today's Gospel is that we should ever realize that eternal life is worth any sacrifice which we may be called on to make. The road we have to travel in life is not an easy one. As our Lord says in another place: "Enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. But the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few" (Mt. 7: 13). We wish to reach heaven, therefore we must be prepared to follow Christ; we must not allow others to lead us astray but be prepared and determined to conquer and resist our own evil inclinations also.

The third lesson relates to working together as fellow Christians. When we see or hear about another person in need – the cup of cold water, we need to assist them if we are able precisely because he/she is a fellow Christian- a fellow follower of Christ.  Being united with other Christians helps to build community. Letting go of competition and ego for the greater good of a parish, or parish group is vital.  How many times have great ideas or great leadership been squashed by other people who have put their ego and competitive streak override something worthwhile?

We as Catholics must endeavour to live by the standards that Christ set us not the standards of the world. When we fail, which  we will do as we are human, God has provided us with the sacrament of mercy and reconciliation to be restored and to move forward.  Let us take full advantage of this sacrament and use it regularly so that we will become more finely tuned to what God wants of us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collect for 25th Sunday of Year B

 

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The Collect for the Twenty Fifth Sunday Year B reads as follows:

 

O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law

upon love of you and of our neighbour,

grant that, by keeping your precepts,

we may merit to attain eternal life.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

 

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

1.How well do I know and keep the commands of God and His sacred law?

2. How will I improve my knowledge of faith this coming week?  What steps will I take to know my faith better?

3. What steps will I take to live my faith better this coming week of love of God and love of neighbour?

4. How strong is my desire to attain eternal life?  Am I living with my eternal home in mind or living day to day here on earth with no or little thought to my eternal home?

5. When I look back on this coming week in a week’s time, what will I see?  What improvements or growth will I notice or will it be exactly the same as I am now. In this present moment?

 

GOSPEL REFLECTION

 The Gospel is from St Mark 9:30-37. The Apostles were still very worldly-minded. They were full of the hope that Christ would establish an earthly messianic kingdom, that he would not only free their holy land from the hated pagan rulers but that he would set up a worldwide empire for the people of God. Many of the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament spoke of a worldwide kingdom; all nations would submit to the descendant of David; Jerusalem would be the magnet which would attract all peoples. The prophets, however, were speaking of the true messianic kingdom, the spiritual kingdom that Christ would establish. 

The Apostles were as yet unable to see the true meaning of these prophecies. They took them as referring to a worldly kingdom. They had come to believe that Christ was the promised Messiah, therefore, he would overcome all enemies and all opposition and set up this kingdom. How, therefore, could his enemies overpower him much less put him to death before he had accomplished his task?  As a consequence of their thinking, they refused to believe his prophecies concerning his coming tortures and death.

Now, either in trying to understand what he had so plainly told them, or maybe in putting this disturbing thought far from their minds, they began disputing with one another as to which of them would have the highest post of honour in the earthly messianic kingdom which they had envisaged. How worldly but how human they were! We must not forget though, that they were not yet really Christians — they needed the death and resurrection of Christ to make them what they became — His true followers and loyal disciples.

There was in the unformed Apostles a desire to turn Christ's kingdom into an earthly welfare state, rather than into a preparation for heaven. All Christians know that Christ suffered and died for their salvation, and that he asked his followers to take up their cross and follow him if they wished to be his disciples. The first generations of Christians fully understood this and faithfully followed him even to martyrdom. However, as time went on and opposition to the Christian faith disappeared, so too did the zeal and fervor of many Christians. For centuries we have had nominal Christians in Christ's Church -- men and women who tried to make their paradise in this world, and forgot the everlasting heaven.

Today sadly many nations have turned their back on God, on Christianity. Many people have turned their back on God, on faithful practice of their faith. Even in this time of pandemic where with lockdowns and not being able to be physically present at Mass, we have to make the choice to attend online Mass- not just to watch but to attend Mass- to be truly present, to long to receive Jesus sacramentally and to want to be make a difference in our lives and the lives of others through this pandemic. We need to put our faith into action but there needs to be faith as well as action. Sometimes the action is given so much focus that the reason for the action is overlooked.  It always needs to be love of  God that we are called into action- belief in the God who loves us that we act lovingly, behave lovingly and walk humbly with our God.

Today's thought for each one of us is this: Christ became man, suffered and died as man, for our sakes. By his resurrection He conquered death and opened heaven for us. Heaven is our true destiny. Loving God and our neighbour and carrying our cross is the only way to reach heaven.  We need to examine  our motivations and foget this "heaven on earth" doctrine; it does not and never will exist! Accept Christ and you are accepting the Father who sent Him. He in turn will accept you.

Place God first place in our lives this coming week in all we think, do and say.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collect for the Twenty Third Sunday of Year B

 

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The Collect for the Twenty Third Sunday Year B reads as follows:

 

O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption,

 look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters,

that those who believe in Christ may receive

true freedom and an everlasting inheritance.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
 

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

1.What is it to be a son/daughter of God?

2. Do I truly consider myself to be a son/daughter of God?  What are the hindrances I experience accepting this truth?

3. What area in my life do I need God’s gracious look?

4. What does it mean for me to believe in Christ?  How does it change the way I live each day?

5. What is true freedom?

6. How will I live this coming week with my everlasting inheritance in mind?

 

GOSPEL REFLECTION

 The Gospel is from St Mark 7:31-38.  Jesus heals the deaf and dumb man.

There are a number of aspects to this Gospel.  However, I would like to turn our attention to our own deafness and dumbness whether it be physical, emotional and spiritual.  Many of us are blessed with good hearing and have the ability to speak clearly. 

Have we stopped to thank God for these gifts? 

Have we every stopped to pray for those who are deaf and have an impediment in speech? 

Have we  taken steps to have better diction especially if we are an lector for Mass?  Do we take the role of lector seriously proclaiming the Word of God?

 

Currently my parish priest has an impediment in his speech.  It has made me realise how difficult it is for him to communicate well and to be understood.  Many parishioners complain because they cannot understand him.  Many have gone to other parishes as they have given up trying to understand him.  However, it has made me acutely aware of the personal suffering he endures because of this condition.  I am sure he would love Jesus to touch his tongue and loosen the ligament so he could speak clearly again. It will be my prayer for him and for others who suffer in this way today as I attend Mass online. 

 

Of course, those people who have the condition of being deaf too can suffer as they can feel left out, ridiculed, alone.  Some give up attending functions because of it and feel socially isolated.  Even though there are huge advances in the technology for hearing aids, it is still not the same as one’s own physical hearing.

My parents both wore hearing aids in their advancing years.  I cared for them and I came to realise what it was like at a very human and personal level what it was like for them.  My dad was not fond of wearing his hearing aids.  He did not think he was deaf but he used to get out the hearing aids on Sunday along with him missal. When he came home, the aids would go back in the drawer until the following Sunday.

My mum decided that the hearing aids were best in the drawer until years later she attended a requiem Mass and decided that she had missed out on the homily.  She came home and wanted to wear the hearing aids.  Obviously we had to get new ones more suited to her needs at that time. I have to say that after that experience, mum used to wear the aids constantly.  I had to change the batteries regularly and also clean them.  Any build up of wax in the ear can cause them to whistle and make horrible noises.  Also if we were not placed in the ear correctly it affected her ability to hear.  Many of us are like that too- we may not wear hearing aids but it is as though we ae deaf to what others say, deaf to our surroundings and the needs of others.

 

However most of us have emotional and spiritual deafness and dumbness. Some of our emotional deafness and dumbness may be due to upbringing.  However, if we truly wish to be emotionally alert in our hearing and speech, we can learn again and seek help.

Are we deaf to what another person is saying?  Much of communication is said in body language.  Are we aware of this language in ourselves and in others?   Are we defensive when someone offers us constructive criticism and tune them out or are we open to hear what they are saying to us?

 

Then we may wish to consider our speech patterns.  Are we saying what we truly want to say or are we communicating mixed messages and hoping that others will pick up our clues?  How do we feel when we are truly heard, truly listened to and truly understood?  How often do I provide that type of active listening to others or am I only interested in what I want to say?

 

Are we deaf or do not communicate with God?  Do we tune Him out of our lives?  It is important to turn off the devices and set aside time for God regularly.  If we have not done this or have got out of the habit of spending time with God, then why not start again this week.

Jesus is our best friend.  What do we want to say to Him?  Imagine sitting there having a coffee with Jesus.  What would you want to say to Jesus?  What would Jesus say to you?  Good communication is a two way dialogue.  So we need to listen to the still whisper of Jesus?

 

This Gospel has a lot to offer us especially if we consider the above thoughts. Why not ponder and reflect upon this Gospel and what it means to you and with Jesus, come up with an action plan for this coming week?