May 12, 2018 

Thought for today:  

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a  woman’s  birthday 

but never remembers her age.”  

Robert Frost

May 12, 2018

TOUCHING  GOD

Who said, “You can’t touch God?”

People touch God when they take an early

morning’s walk to the ocean’s edge to praise God.

People touch God when they bring

their kids for ice cream on a summer’s night.

People touch God when they love

and praise and bless each other.

People touch God when they rub shoulders on
a bus on the way to work or to a tour together.

People touch God when they make babies

and take care of their aging parents.

People touch God in meals as well as in cheese

and crackers and wine and beer and pretzels.

People touch God when they reach out to each

other at Mass and take Jesus into their being.

People touch God when they forgive those who

laugh at them for their Holy Communion with God.

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018  

May 11, 2018

Thought for today: 


“Everyone’s memory is  his  private literature.”  

Aldous Huxley [1894-1963]

May 11, 2018

CHANGE

Expect change.

If you don’t you might

miss it when it comes.

But then again,

expect repeat performances

and déjà vu.

After every major mistake,

expect promises from the culprit,

“I’ll change. I promise you:
there won’t be a next time.”

But then again,

expect repeat performances

and déjà vu.

Expect the other to change
just when you have given up -
on them not to change. 

But then again,

expect repeat performances

and déjà vu.

Expect change.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018  

May 10, 2018

LIE  FREE

He was lie free….

He could only say

what he knew as true.

When asked, “Why?”

“Why can’t you tell a lie?”

He would remain quiet.

He wouldn’t tell.

But about a dozen years

after both his parents died,

he finally told their story.

“I saw him lie to her and

I heard her lie to him -

and I said, “I’ll never do that

to anyone. It hurts too much.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018
Lie In Wait For by Dorina Costras 

May 10, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“It is easier to denature plutonium 

than the evil spirit of man.” 

Albert Einstein [1879-1955]

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.”

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.