Many years ago I read how Shirley Temple’s daughter asked her mother one time; ‘Tell me about the best day of your life’. Her mother replied simply; ‘Today, dear’. Perplexed, her daughter asked; ‘But Mom, you always told us that your wedding day was the greatest day of your life?’. Her mother replied, smiling sweetly; ‘Yes dear, but that was then, this is now’.
I love this!! Pondering as I stroll home from St. Anne’s Holy Rosary amidst my precious folk, on this chilly crisp afternoon. Elderly, enduring many challenges and yet joy abounds in their glorious presence. They gift my heart with countless gems.
Everywhere, frazzled folk rush hither and thither, seeking joy where there’s none to be found. Pleasure yes! but joy is on another level altogether.
JOY - Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.
Countercultural? Absolutely!! but completely true!!
I love my life of service. To give and not to count the cost, to give to those who cannot repay…..brings joy, freedom and oh so so much more. To be the Hands and Feet of Jesus in this our day and time!
Of course I know it is all HIM. What can I say!!
‘Words spoil anything that surpasses them’. (Cardinal Robert Sarah)
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