Wednesday, June 3, 2020

June  3,  2020


Thought  for  Today


“You  carry  heaven  and  hell  with  you.”  

Sri Ramana Mararshi
 

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

June  2,   2020



SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW


Where will I go - when I die?

Into a death card - name and dates -
and a prayer now and then - I hope ….

Into a memory - jumping out of
a conversation - by old friends ….

Into a photograph - on a bookshelf -
and on an iPhone for a while ….

Into acts of kindness - that I tried - 
before I died and you - caught that spirit …

In my jigsaw puzzle - God smiles at  - in its
box - which he still treasures on his window sill ….

And I better add:  sitting  somewhere on the
biggest table – God’s table – in our forever ….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020












June   2,  2020 


Thought  for  Today 

 “If you don’t place your foot on the rope,  you’ll never cross the chasm.” 

Anonymous

Monday, June 1, 2020



PERPETUAL   HELP 
MOTHER   OF   THE   CHURCH


Mary, as I ponder your many titles,
as I wonder about your many names,
I stop for a moment at some of them:
Our Lady of Sorrows and Perpetual Help,
Full of grace and the call to do something
when newlywed couples run out of wine
or folks are hungry for some daily bread.

Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother
of Perpetual Help, remind us, that it be done to us –
what was done to you, that we be there for others
at cribs and crosses or when someone needs
an eye of recognition  in a crowd or when they need
a breath of fresh air – having fallen or been pushed down
once more on dark macadam hard streets of death. Amen. 


©  Andy Costello  Prayers

June   1,   2020


"You  can't ring the bells and,  at the same time,  walk in the procession."


Spanish Proverb

Sunday, May 31, 2020


May 31, 2020


PENTECOST  2020

Gone Holy Spirit ….
It seems like the in and out
of breath has left our lungs –
and we are speechless –
has fled our sails –and
we are stuck on this side
of the lake – has  been locked
and hidden in our upper rooms –
with plywood panels boarding
up our windows ….

Come Holy Spirit ….
Wind - Holy Breath of God –
Fresh Air – wherever you are -
breathe into us – Genesis us –
RUAH  us – rush into us -
fill us - so that  we
can shout out new words ….
Fill our sails so we can head
for new shores  …. Open our windows
so we can look out at blue skies beyond us.


© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


May  31,  2020



Thought  for  Today


“I  got  the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade.  It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.”

D.H. Lawrence