February 18, 2023
THE BISHOP
The bishop wore a coat,
a long dark black wool coat,
yet it was June
and it was warm.
The bishop wore a coat,
a long dark black wool coat
and as I was standing there
I was wondering what he was all about.
The bishop wore a coat,
a long dark black wool coat
and sweating there I simply said
I guess this is what he is all about.
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
February 17, 2023
Two jacks, then two aces,
Woo, wow, can it get better?
What will my next card be?
A jack or an ace, please, please ….
Life. I know the song….
Time. I have to learn how to keep
calm, cool – without giving away
that I might have a winning hand.
What are the odds of
getting one
of the two jacks or
aces that are left?
Surprise! I got the two of hearts.
So now it's what the others have and get.
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
February 16, 2023
SPOTLESS
We would like to arrive in heaven
wearing a spotless garment.
Sorry….
Table cloths get spaghetti stains.
Cars get dents.
Skin gets scars.
Mouths say the wrong things.
We do dumb at times.
What do you expect me to be?
A Pharisee or something like that.
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
February 16, 2023
Quote for Today
"Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, god of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of a dolphin. But dolphins, which fill the oceans with blipping and chirping, and whales, which mew and caw in ultramarine jazz - a true rhapsody in blue - are hunted to the edge of silence.
Jay Griffiths
GENESIS 8: 21: ”THE DESIRES OF THE HUMAN HEART ARE EVIL FROM THE START….”
The title of my homily is, Genesis 8:21: “The Desires of
the Human Heart Are Evil From The Start….”
It’s a sentence here in the 8th chapter of the
book of Genesis 8:21.
The Jerusalem Bible translates the Hebrew into English this
way, ”Because his heart contrives evil
from his infancy,”
The New Interpreter’s Bible is close to that, “The
inclination of the human heart is evil from youth.”
Each of us ought to look at that message – and be
challenged by it.
The Bible starts off with Creation and then Adam and Eve
and all is good – but soon Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit – they hide
from God – Cain kills Abel and on and on and on – evil, jealousy, lust, wars,
murders, the history of the world.
We can pick up the New York Post or The Daily News – turn
on the evening news and get the Bible in an earlier edition.
We know our heart. We know our growing up years. We know
the story of our sins and our crimes.
The Bible tells our story – chapter and verse.
Genesis 8:21: The Desires of the Human Heart Are Evil From
The Start….”
That’s the message of today’s first reading from Genesis
and now the Gospel message.
How blessed we are to have Christ arriving at our village
and helping us to see we are the Blind Man.
Jesus takes us by the hand –
takes us outside the village – puts his spit on our eyes.
He asks us what we see.
He asks us what we see.
We say everyone looks like walking trees .
He puts his hands on us again and restores our sight.
Once more Jesus asks us,
“Do you see anything.
We do. He heals us. And he sends us on our way - a healed us, a new us.
