‘Go forth as an apostle, with no shoes, no gold or silver. Then, you too will hear the words of Christ at the end of the journey; ‘Have you wanted for anything’. (Catherine Doherty)
Sam is pensive as he walks along bearing pretty flowers. We stop to chat. His friend’s little nephew was killed (murdered more like) yesterday in her harried homeland of Gaza. His friend, living here in our town, devastated and helpless many miles from home. It so happened that a few minutes earlier, Christine gave me a plastic Rosary beads for no reason at all. (Or so it seemed!). Sam wrapped the beads around the pretty flowers for his friend. Moment of transcendence and beauty.
St. Anne’s Holy Rosary and dear elderly lady pining for home. Addling Alzheimer’s!! Searching for Home, just as we all are, even if we don’t realise it. We pray Holy Rosary, all of us together. Peace descends for a time. Honestly! If folk ever caught a glimpse in their heart how beautiful it is to be in their midst, St. Anne’s would be snowed under with visitors. Sadly that will not come to pass any time soon.
Strolling home and beautiful music emanating from a parked car. Of course I stopped by and inside, the driver, happy guy, playing his concertina obliviously enjoying every note. This is how he passes time in a new town! His wife enjoys browsing while he plays music to his heart’s content. Husband and wife both doing what they love!! Symphony of beauty. Into the bargain joyful gentleman happily accepted two prayers. The ordinary is extraordinary all the time!
All is so simple in the ever present moment! Everything God expects of us, He supplies. Whatever He commands, He enables.
With Faith everything is possible. With Love everything is easy.
‘Things seen superficially can disturb us, but if we regard them with the profundity of Faith, nothing can make us lose peace’. (Archbishop Martinez)
Young African boy prostrated himself as I entered their humble, beautifully simple, apartment. ‘This is how we welcome our elderly’, his Dad proudly declares. Wow!! Venerable elder!!
I love what Cardinal Robert Sarah writes about Martha (Luke 10:42);
‘Christ tenderly invites her to stop so as to return to her heart, the place of true welcome and the dwelling place of God’s silent tenderness, from which she has been led away by the activity to which she was devoting herself so noisily’. (The Power of Silence)
Yes indeed, all of us are searching for Home!,
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