STATIONS OF THE CROSS

They are on the walls of every 

Catholic Church - all 14 of them.

One by one they appear on the  

walls of our mind and memory.

Accusations, falls, seeing family 

faces, being helped, nailed, death.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

September 15, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“Be willing to be  a  beginner every single morning.”  

Meister Eckhart [c. 1260 - c. 1328]

September 14, 2018

ONCE  UPON  A  TIME

What a great opening 4 words for

every chapter of one’s  autobiography.

Once upon a time daddy took me

to a Brooklyn Dodger game ….

Once upon a time mommy got sick

and we were worried sick ourselves ….

Once upon a time I failed one subject,

so I forged my mom’s signature on my ….

Once upon a time we got caught in

a rain storm - and we didn’t have  a car ….

Once upon a time I got  the winning

hit in a big baseball  game ….

Once upon a time I gave up on God,

announcing, “I am now an atheist ….”

Once upon a time God didn’t give up

on me and declared, “I’m a you-ist….”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

September 14, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“A man has  many  skins  in himself, covering the depths of his heart.  Man knows many things; he does not know himself.  Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, just like an ox’s or a bear’s, so thick and hard, cover the soul.  Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.”  

Meister Eckhart [c. 1260 - c. 1328]

TOKYO  METRO

Hopefully, there is always room

for more people in my life - that

I be like the Tokyo Metro  - those

Japanese subway cars - with

people pushing and cramming

to get into my life - that non-descript

person at my doorstep - whom

I not noticing as I rush by them

every day - that  person on my side

trying to touch the sleeve  of my jacket -

trying to catch my attention and my eye....

They are like, they are Jesus wanting

to be in communion with me because

he too wants to push his way into my life.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

September 13, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“Selfishness  is  the only real atheism.”  

Israel Zangwill [1864-1926]

DID  YOU  KNOW?

Did you know that God 

likes to do different? 

Like one day he takes the subway - 

and gives people his seat. 

The next day he goes to Burger

King - but he’s behind the counter.

The next day he’s a cab driver -

that’s where he learns a lot.

The next day he’s a baby getting

viewing in supermarkets and everywhere.

The next day he’s at the Ganges River

consoling families who lost a loved one.

The next day he’s a nurse in a nursing

home - wheeling wheelchairs everywhere.

The next day he climbs a hill - grabs

a Sabbath seat and watches everything.

Did you know that God likes to do

different, and that’s just one week?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018