Offered by Dcn. George Kelly

 

                                            “Charging” Our Faith

 

Many years ago, Gracie Allen played the scatterbrained wife in a comedy team with her husband George Burns.  Once, Gracie called in a repairman to fix her electric clock.  The repairman fiddled with it for a while and then said, "There's nothing wrong with the clock; you didn't have it plugged in."

 

 

 

 

Gracie replied, "I don't want to waste electricity, so I only plug it in when I want to know what time it is."  That is how many of us live our daily life.

 

We save our religion for a rainy day.  We go about unplugged and wonder why our lives are so devoid of power.    

 

 

 

 

If you don’t charge your IPhone when the battery runs down it is without power and isn’t very useful.

 

Faith that isn’t “charged” has no power.  How can we “charge” our faith?  Prayer and the Sacraments.  Ideally, the Christian life is lived daily.  But there is a cost involved.  God is love and wisdom, we are created in God’s image.  Our hearts become open to following God thought prayer and reflection.

 

Lent is the time to check on the power source of our spiritual life, Prayer and the Sacraments.

 

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Saint Andre Bessette intercede for us.

May God Be Blessed!