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Month: October 2015 (Page 7 of 10)

Words of Wisdom

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SPRINGTIME

As I passed the old cherry tree in February,

It had a bare and forlorn look about it.

It contained not a shred of beauty.

In fact, it required no small act of faith to believe

That it was still alive.

I passed the tree again in April.

When I looked at it now I could scarcely believe my eyes,

So great was the transformation it had undergone

In that short interval of time.

It was now decked out in a robe of brilliant blossoms.

Two months ago it looked like a corpse;

Now it was an eloquent witness to life.

From where has all this beauty come? I asked myself.

Could it by chance have fallen out of the sky

And landed on the tree?

Or had someone waved a magic wand over the tree?

Nothing of the kind.

All this newness, freshness and fragrance;

All these buds, blossoms and shoots

had come from within the tree itself!

On looking at it back in February,

When it was still in the grip of winter,

Who could have believed that it contained all this?

Sometimes on evidence of just one encounter

We write off people as having no possibilities.

We do those people a grave injustice.

Every human being is a well of possibilities.

If in the case of some people

These possibilities have not yet manifested themselves,

All it means is that for them spring has not yet come.

Fr. Flor McCarthy

Moving words.  How do they speak to you?  Please comment and share your thoughts!

The Power of YES!

As I was sitting this morning reading my bible, trying to decipher the meaning of the scripture verse I had just read, something came over me. I started to think about different times in my life that have led me to this point on my journey – where I have a passion to share faith, a desire to be better and a thirst for more.  The common denominator in all the situations (too many to list here) was a YES!

Three instances in particular stand out – first, when the deacon of my church approached and asked me to give a reflection before the entire parish, I had no idea what I would speak about or how I would put it all together, but immediately I said YES! Second, when I asked my pastor if I could start a meditation/reading group, he immediately said YES! Third, when I suggested to the group that we take a 14 hour drive to Kentucky to retreat in a monastery,  they immediately said YES! Continue reading

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