THOUGHT FOR THE DAY : It may be a sign that a man is becoming more mature and sacramentally aware when he rests at the end of the day after cleaning his garage and thinks to himself 'it is good.'
" ... once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers " (Luke 22:32) The Gospel today for Palm Sunday touched me greatly. So many elements of the reading that I don't seem to remember hearing ... And the image of Peter stood out from amongst the rest; A man who was not so strong as to never fall, But strong enough to lift himself And turn his tear-filled eyes back to the LORD.
At reconciliation this Saturday I was challenged by the priest to 'find God where he is unexpected'. As we begin Holy Week, I stumbled upon this wonderful artistic depiction of the Stations of the Cross: http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/Prayer/jkblstations/stations.htm To find God in the midst of suffering is a most 'unexpected' place.