September  2, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“Work is a powerful medicine.” 

St. John Chrysostom

[c. 347-407] 

in a Homily.

37  SECOND  HOMILY

The following is a  37  second homily for this 22 Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C.

When I read today’s gospel - Luke 14: 1, 7-14 - I often feel guilty. It tells the parable of not taking the top seats at the dinner table - as well as inviting the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind to one’s dinner table. I can do the table placements, but I don’t do the inviting of the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind, into dinner in my house.

Then it hit me, “Dummy. You’re it. You’re blind - lame - poor - crippled and Jesus has  invited you to his dinner table.

Enjoy the meal.  Enjoy his love of you. Oh.

Painting on top: Christ 

at the House of Simon

the Pharisee, by Pierre 

Subleyras, c.  1737    

READING,  WRITING AND ARITHMETIC

Everyone around the world ought to be taught a bit of reading, writing and arithmetic.  How were you taught? How were your thinkers. 

I found this teacher on line.

I want to use my blog to tag and study these two talks and lessons.

THE  NEXT  STEP 

A twig snapped - as I walked

the forest floor - telling me

how fragile my future might

be. You never know what’s

next - what might be about

to happen with my second

step or the one just after that.

If we lived our life worried

about our next step - then

we might not take that step.

We might stutter and stammer

our speech and our steps and

never get out of sight - of our

front steps or of our front door.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

September  1, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“Inflation is like sin; every government  denounces it and every government practices it.” 

Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, 

Observer,  June 30, 1957

August 31, 2019 

ACHE

She saw his ache …. It was in his face ….

Mothers often spot their child’s pain.

They know when something’s not

going right in their life. They know

when something is going wrong in

their marriage - like lately ….

She has watched her daughter-in-law’s

eyes scanning - another man - his

shoulders - his car - his house - his wallet ….

What’s wrong with my son? Have you

forgotten your vows and your dreams?

What about the impact of divorce

and division on my grandkids?

Have your forgotten  the old wisdom

about the color of grass in another’s yard?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

August  31, 2019,  

Thought for today: 

“Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality.” 

Kahil Gibran, Sand and Foam, 1927