FEAST OF ST. ALPHONSUS
Today is the Feast of St. Alphonsus. Here are two videos for some background. Enjoy.
Saturday, August 1, 2020
August 1, 2020
VERBS OF SAINT ALPHONSUS
VERBS OF SAINT ALPHONSUS
Consider, contemplate, choose,
turn, return,
desire, call, wish,
ask, seek, knock,
pray, remain,
realize, react, reflect, experience,
love, delight, approach, understand,
write, read, imprint, inflame, see,
feed, free, give, carry, belong,
go, do, complete,
learn, open,
carry, appreciate,
give, persevere,
converse, forgive, thank, agree,
serve, speak, realize, wish, allow,
permit, pray, consider, thank,
acquire, detach, perceive, pray,
dedicate, permit, promise, pierce.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
Friday, July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020
AT TIMES
DURING THE HIDDEN YEARS
At times he looked around
the carpenter shop. His eyes
and his thoughts stopped at
hammers, saws and pliers ….
Oh! To be as simple as they are
or to be like a chair or a door
or like that empty cross he saw
on the main road into town
yesterday – that coarse cross –
that that held a screaming man
who died during
the night before.
He wondered if the prophets within
him were saying you’ll have your
turn or sneak out now and go down
the road with your pliers in hand
and unnail this man and set
him free – but there were those two
soldiers guarding and taunting him.
Then – at times - in the market
place he saw life as wheat and
fish hooks - nets and needles –
or he would slip into the synagogue
and if there was nobody there he
would walk up front and unroll
a scroll of Isaiah or Jeremiah and
run his fingers over the words –
until they entered his flesh -
but what really refreshed him
were walks into the hills or down
to the waters of Galilee where
he learned from the birds of the air
and the grapes on the vine and
the house of the father waiting for
his son to come home as he wondered
when it was his time to leave home
and finally head for far countries.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
July 31, 2020
Thought for Today
“Many are the instruments through which
the soul seeks utterance: form and color of paint or clay; hewn stone; strings plucked or hammered;
breath blown through reed or brass; chords
vibrating in a human throat; and earliest of all primeval instruments – the whole
human body itself.”
Peggy Baum Gerry,
contemporary American
teacher and analyst
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020
The red vinyl of her kitchen chair
is as brand new as the day Mary
and her brother Lazarus bought it
for her. They called it “Martha’s
Kitchen” – because after all - she
was always in it – cooking up a
storm for them and special guests
like Jesus. Maybe when she dies
someone will sit on it – and Mary
will finally say, “Hey, you can’t
sit there. That’s Martha’s chair.”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
Feast of St. Martha - July 29
Feast of St. Martha - July 29
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
July 28, 2020
COMBINATIONS
Fast and Slow
Beginning and End
First and Last
Morning and Night
Balance and “Ooops!”
Mercy and Grace
East and West
North and South
Comedy and Tragedy
War and Peace
Yin and Yang
Black and White
Hot and Cold
Work and Sabbath
Odd and Even
Winter and Summer
Youth and Old Age
Sweet and Bitter
Front and Back
Female and Male
Odd and Even
Tears and Laughter
You and Me
©
Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
Monday, July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW
It is good to know
someone knows I exist.
It is good to know
that I know that I know.
It is good to know
when I don’t know.
It’s good to know
when someone knows when I’m sick.
It’s good to know
when someone knows I know they exist.
It’s good to know
I think I know that God knows I know.
It’s good to know
that I know about “Therefores ….”
It’s good to know
that I know that Descartes existed.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
Sunday, July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020
AN ANSWER
He wondered and worried
for weeks – for months –
for the longest time – till
the moment came when
he told his parents what
he was going to do – and
one said, “Yes” and the
other said, “No” and he
got his answer why he
wondered and worried
for weeks – for months –
for the longest time. Yes.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
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