July 15, 2023

Reflection

July 15, 2023

Quote for Today

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?'“

 July 14, 2023

Reflection

 July 14, 2023

Quote for Today

 DUST

 

The title of my homily is, “Dust.”

It’s a word that appears in today’s gospel. If you’re not accepted in some house or some town -  shake the dust of that place from your feet.

Dust – DUST – koniortos KONIORTOS in Greek – flying dust.

As I read that I wondered if Jesus ever sat back inside a house and watched dust floating around the room.

Hopefully all of us have done that every once in a while.

Did he think about dust? Did he know about dust? Did he ever see his mom or Martha or Mary – or Joseph worry about dust in the house or carpenter shop – and do some dusting.

As a metaphor did he think about how words or sentiments float around a room – and they land on us?

They – hurts and helps - land on us silently and subtly – and become part of us.

If they are positive can we rejoice in them; if they are negative can we dust them off the feet of our being?

1.5 grams of skin flakes shakes off of us every day. How much of each other’s flakes - shakes off of us with our daily words – and how we treat one another?

At the end of a day – calmly before falling off to sleep – to reflect on how we treated the folks we were treated with that day. Like today’s first reading how Joseph’s father and brothers treated one another. Not too good – but rather real.

"Sorry" and “Thank you” are two great night prayers

July 13, 2023

Reflection 

 July 13, 2023

Quote

 July 12, 2023

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July 11, 2023

Reflection 

 July 11, 2023

Quote for Today

“A life not lived for others is not a life.”

 July 10, 2023

SEPARATIONS

 

We are not God.

There are separations.

Suddenly we see birds

in the air – splitting – and

going off in different directions.

Or we remember the day

we lost another – like two birds

on a branch – one flies away

and the other remains -

and we don’t know why?

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 July 10, 2023

Quote for Today 

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”

July 9. 2023

EVERYBODY IS MOVING

 

Everyone is moving

away or towards each other.

Distance matters.

Fairness matters.

Thinking of the other matters.

Talking to the other matters.

Fields and fences matter.

But sometimes we forget

and it doesn’t matter to one

but it does to the other – and

that matters – sometimes

that really matters.

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 July 9, 2023

Quote for Today

 

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”