A Daily Dose of God

 

Beginning Again

 

 

 

"How I wish that there was some wonderful place

Called the Land of Beginning Again,

Where all our mistakes and all out heartaches

And all our poor selfish grief

Could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door,

And never put on again."            [Barclay Commentary John 8:1-11]

There is a Beginning Again, His name is Jesus Christ and in Him and with Him you can begin each day, Again, in His love and His care.  He will never abandon you, His love is never ending and never failing.

 

Saint Leonie Aviat said it this way, “When Jesus died on the cross, He was thinking of you!  When He rose from the dead, He was thinking of you.

Now in the Kingdom He is thinking of you!  You are precious to Him!  So, Let us work for the happiness of others.”

 

 

 

Matthew in his Gospel 6:21 provides us with a paradigm for the examination of our discipleship, “For where your treasure is, there also will be your heart.”  Today take a few minutes to reflect on this thought from St. Francis de Sales and then pray the COIVD 19 Pandemic Prayers below.  "Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will."

 

May God Be Praised!

 

COVID 19 Pandemic Prayer

 

Hear my cry!  “Lord, listen to my prayer: turn your ear to my appeal.”  You are my refuge and my hope, I turn to you during this COVID 19 Pandemic and plead for Your intercession.  In Your mercy and Your compassion “… grant eternal rest to the dead, comfort to mourners, healing to the sick ….”

[Psalm 143 and Collect from Mass Time in Pandemic]

 

Provide strength to the first responders, compassion to the medical personnel, and wisdom to government leaders.  End this coronavirus scourge.  Send Your light to me as I wander in the darkness of this pandemic and give me hope in Your eternal love today and every day.  Amen.  [Dcn. George Kelly]