February 15, 2015

MORE SONGS

There’s always more…. 

There’s always more in us …. 

There’s that second song 

we  haven’t sung yet. 

There’s always that other 

who stands by us or off 

to the side and says, 

“What about singing …?” 

©  Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

February   15, 2019 

Black History Month Thought for Today:  

“Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact,  but it is always more readily available.” 

Stephen Carter

February 14, 2019

VALENTINE’S  DAY:

BEST  SELLER

Valentine’s Day - a best seller - for 

chocolates and flowers - rings and things -

cards and taking her out for dinner -

even if just a diner and the lights

are bright and the chatter is loud -

louder that a low light restaurant.

It’s the thought - the remembering -

the thanking for all up to now - with

the hope of a lot more to come.

Why in the world did the Church

drop Valentine’s Day and St.
Christopher? Hey we all need to

travel and to travel with each other?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

February  14, 2019 

Black History Month Thought for Today:  

“The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”  

Zadie Smith (On Beauty)

BE  AWARE  

THE VIDEO CAMERAS ARE WATCHING

Be aware!  The  video  cameras are on and they are watching.

The Lord God gave us the following orders: “You can eat from any of the trees from the garden,   except the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.”

And Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.

Be aware! The video cameras are on and they are watching.

Every once and a while video cameras catch people cheating, sneaking, taking what doesn’t belong to them.

And we laugh - as long as it isn’t us.

Over in the high school  - in the corridor - someone spotted a small gift from a dog. The spotters said, “Hey we just got new video cameras. Let’s check out whose dog did this.”

They watched - and sure enough - it was Pepi - one of the priest’s dog. Someone stopped to start talking - and Pepi - used to moment to drop a gift to the main corridor.

Be aware!  The video cameras are on and they are watching.

[Short reflection for today, February 13, 2019, the 5^th Wednesday in Ordinary Time.]

February 13, 2019 

DEW 

Dew on tulip petals,

dew on morning grass,

dew on my shoes in the garden,

dew can be impatient,

dying to get back into

the sky, into the rain,

into the ocean, complaining

how boring it is to be clinging

to a tulip or it can be calm

and it  can wait its turn

to get moving again

seeing these moments

like patient subway riders
standing on the platform,

waiting for their train -

all of nature in due time.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

February  13, 2019 

Black History Month Thought for Today:  

“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” 

Maya Angelou