June 22, 2019

DEAD  BUG

I saw a dead bug

on a window sill.

It bothered me

more than a dead bug

caught in  a spider’s web

or one that hit my windshield.

I wondered, “Why?”

Maybe because

I didn’t know how

or when it died -

but those other two

deaths made more sense.

Is that the way it is

with death? Old age,

cancer, tough but

they make sense.

But to die alone like

a fly on a window sill?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 22, 2019

Thought for today:

“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe  photographs.”  

Ansel Adams

June 21, 2019

AT  EVERY  SABBATH

At every Sunday service,

at every Sunday Mass,

every person present

is either

one of two persons:

the one who sits 

and watches and judges others,

or the one who sits in the back

with and needing God.

Each of us is 

either the Pharisee 

or the Tax Collector?

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

Cf.  Luke 18: 9-14

June 21, 2019

Thought for today: 

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells  you  the less you know.”  

Diane Arbus

June 20, 2019

WHY  NOT?

For every act of selfishness,

anger, hostility, the finger,

not holding the door or a

space or place for another,

why not show some love,

an act of kindness, a smile,

a song,  a gathering with

others and to enjoy this

great gift of life. Amen.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 20, 2019

Thought for today: 

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people to see  without a camera.” 

Dorothea Lange

June 19, 2019

GIVE  GOD  THE  GLORY 

NOT  ONESELF 

The title of my homily for this Wednesday in the  11^th  Week  in Ordinary time is, “Give God the Glory, Not Oneself.”

This will be a one minute homily.

“Give God the Glory, Not Oneself.”

We’ve all seen the following while watching a baseball, football or basketball game. An athlete makes a great catch or play and raises his or her index finger to the sky - to give God the Glory.

This the message that Jesus is giving in today’s gospel - Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18

“Give God the Glory, Not Oneself.”

I am trying to remember a scene from a novel about a Boston politician.  He went to Mass every Sunday. He would come down the main aisle - always one minute late - genuflect up front - near the 3^rd of 4^th row - reach into his pocket -  for his rosary - which would fall onto the floor - to the notice of everyone.

He wasn’t doing all this for God’s glory - but for himself.

“Give God the Glory, Not Oneself.”

That’s what Jesus is getting at in today’s gospel and we get that message.

47 seconds. Thanks for listening.