February 18,  2022

 Thought for Today

 

“All philosophy lies in two words: sustain and abstain.” 

 

Epictetus

February 17, 2022

Reflection 

February 17,  2022

 

Thought for today

 

“A hospital is a place in which every  patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.”

 

Pierre Charles Baudelaire

Very true. I just got out of the hospital today and the bed was horrible.

February  16,  2022

 

Thought for Today

 

“Each man is bound to leave a story better than he found it.”

 

Mrs. Humphrey Ward

 February 16, 2022

Rreflection

FIVE  UNDERSTANDINGS

 
The title of my homily is, “Five Understandings.”
 
Today’s gospel has Jesus asking a question two times: “Do You Understand.”
 
If we read the gospels with the question: “Do you understand?” – we are connecting to this desire of Jesus to be understood.
 
We who preach have the same desire: to be understood.
 
We certainly hear Jesus’ frustration – The disciples don’t seem to get it – They seem to have eyes that don’t see – and ears that don’t hear.
 
The disciples don’t get Jesus enough. The disciples don’t learn.   The same thing keeps happening.  They are eating up the Pharisees behavior and their leven is levening them. Jesus wants his bread – his way of doing life – to get into the disciples.
 
Understanding can be a slow process.

I like lists – so my homework for this homily is: Come up with 5 understandings Jesus want us to get.

Here’s my 5.  Tomorrow I’ll probably have others.

If we make lists, we can come up with a few understandings.

First: There is richness and poverty – but not everyone has the same ones.

Second: There is good Leven and bad Leven.   Beware of the Leven of the Pharisees and Herod. That’s bad Leven.

Third: There is a God. God is our Father and Jesus will teach us about him.

Fourth: There are temptations in life and they can destroy us and others – and we better not  blame them on anyone but yourself.

Fifth: See the birds of the air, trees, flowers, water, bread, mountains and fish.

 February 15,  2022

Reflection