INTRODUCTION
The title of my homily for this 10 Tuesday in Ordinary
Time is, “Yes, No.”
A great principle to work for is the ability to speak
with clear thinking. A good place to start is to work towards being able to
say, “yes” or “no” depending on whether I want to say “yes” or “no.”
This coming Saturday we’ll hear Jesus saying in the
Gospel reading from Matthew 5: 37, “Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’
mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one.”
That’s one of those key teachings we find in the Sermon on the Mount -
which we’re listening to these three weeks.
We have the power of choice.
Pythagoras, remember him from Geometry said, "The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those that require the most thought."
Eleanor
Roosevelt said, "Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'"
JESUS IS THE YES
JESUS IS THE YES
Today’s first reading - from 2nd Corinthians 1: 18-22 - has some comments about Jesus being a “YES” and not a “No.”
A good homily thought would be to stress the importance of
making the “Yes Prayer.” The Yes Prayer is
to come into the presence of God and simply say, “Yes!” We can think deeply about God's urges in our life and say 3, 10 or use a whole rosary beads to say our "YES" to God.
Or we can say “Amen!”
In the scriptures, “Amen” is another word for “Yes”.
ERIC BERN - ON THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS
I have a book I’ve
been working on for years now. I have to say “Yes” I’ll get it done - but I
keep on putting it off. Not a secret of happiness.
Eric Bern once summed
it all up this way: “The secret of happiness is the ability to say 3 words,
“Yes, No and Wow.”
He added, “The secret
of unhappiness is saying these 3 words, “If only and Maybe.”
We don’t have to read
a book to know this wisdom.
Yet, in the meanwhile
I keep saying, “If only I had time to finish that book.” “Maybe some day I get the energy to get it
done.”
CONCLUSION
In the meanwhile I’m
rushing around doing nothing and missing all the “Wow’s” that surround me -
especially in the Spring - especially today.
1 comment:
Deep breaths ! :o)
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