May 10, 2018
Thought for today:
“It is easier to
denature plutonium
than the evil spirit of man.”
Albert Einstein [1879-1955]
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
UH OH! I’M NOT
GOD
INTRODUCTION
The title of my homily is, “Uh Oh! I’m Not God.”
There are times in life when we say that, “Uh oh! I’m not
God.”
We make a mistake. Something’s gone wrong. We thought we
were in charge, but parents divorce or someone won’t talk to someone. Or worse,
someone dies.
“Uh oh! I’m not God.”
ROSARY
I like to push using the rosary, not just for Hail Mary’s,
but for other prayers as well.
So take your rosary and say 59 times - there are 59 beads
on a rosary -
“Uh oh. I’m not God.”
“Uh oh. I’m not God.”
THE READINGS FOR TODAY
In the first reading for today, from the Acts of the
Apostles, Paul walks around the city of Athens. He sees all kinds of statues to
all kinds of different gods. [Cf. Acts of
the Apostles 17: 15, 22 to 18: 1.]
He has met the true God first as a Jew - so when he began
to hear about the Christians teaching the Jews that Jesus is Lord and Savior,
he got furious and tried to arrest and jail all Christians.
He was there when Stephen was killed for proclaiming
Christ as God.
Wow was he surprised on the road to Damascus to discover
Christ - in his fullness.
Christ was the unknown God to him - up to that moment.
It took him a while. It took him baby steps. It took him
a while to remove his blindness and discover Jesus.
So in Athens when he spotted a statue to “The Unknown God”
he saw his chance to tell them about this Unknown God.”
But they dissed him and only a few people heard him out
and heard Jesus into their lives.
Today’s gospel
from John’s Gospel, tells us the Spirit of God is coming and he will
tell us about all - all that Jesus was trying to tell them. [Cf. John 16: 12-15]
In this homily I’m preaching about who God is - when we
say, “Uh oh! I’m not God.”
CONCLUSION
So we have time limits - God doesn’t.
And sometimes it isn’t till we run into - or crash into
the reality - that we are not God - that we reach out to Unknown God - and he
becomes known to us. Amen.
May 9, 2018
A BABY CRIES
A baby cries in church ….
Where does that sound go?
A baby cries in the night ….
Where does that sound go?
A baby cries when tired or hungry ….
Where does that sound go?
Does an angel bring all those cries to God,
open up his door, pour them in, and run?
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2018
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018
SOUNDS
Where do sounds go?
A car crashes on Main Street
and someone screams as
the car hits the traffic light pole.
Where does that sound go?
So too a bell - it rings
on the hour from a big tower.
Where does that sound go?
As people walk down a
certain corridor in a nursing
home they can hear an old lady,
who was a teacher years and
years ago, teaching class once
again - with her mind lost in
the last stages of dementia.
Where do those sounds go?
A little kid is praying on the side
of his bed - kneeling on the floor -
next to his grandmother - who has
him for the weekend - while his
parents went to a wedding in Utah.
She is teaching him how to pray
like she was taught as a kid and how
she taught her kids when they
were kids - but they have given
up on all that childish stuff.
Where do those sounds go?
Where do sounds go?
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2018
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