"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." [St. Thomas More]

Have you been keeping God’s commands and living His Way, His Truth, as your #1 priority?  St. Teresa of Calcutta … began with the most meager of resources.  She told her superiors; “I have three pennies and a dream from God to build an orphanage.”  “Mother Teresa,” her superiors said, “you can’t build an orphanage with three pennies . . . with three pennies you can’t do anything.”  “I know,” she said, smiling, “but with God and three pennies I can do anything.”  

(Sermons.com, God and Three Pennies, July 20, 2014)

From the Book of Wisdom, we learn – the just must be kind.   And we need to trust in the Spirit, to help us, and to guide us and we know that in the end – God wins, but we, also, know we live in the now with God’s victory in process not

completed.

 

Maybe this story about a Cherokee can help us live as God wants us to live.  An old Cherokee once told his grandson about a fight that was going on inside of him.  He said it was between two wolves. One was evil: Anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, gossip, resentment, and pride.   The other was good: Joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, generosity, truth, compassion & faith.    
The grandson thought about it for a moment & then asked, 'Which wolf do you think will win?'  The old Cherokee replied, 'The one I feed.'" 

We have been richly blessed with the Gospel, the Sacraments and the Church, what is left for us is “…to be a witness to the glimpses of God that (we) have been allowed to catch.” (Fr. Henri Nouwen)  Pope Francis advises us to “… see everything with the eyes of God.”

Take a few minutes today and reflect on the eyes you see with, the wolf you feed and the glimpses you share! 

May God Be Praised!