19th Sunday. With just a little faith...
Parents, you are amazing. Each day you wake up and walk into the chaos of life with those special little somethings. Each day you walk into life and make choices, with little preparation, with those kids that are inherently bipolar: angels in one moment, in another, even Satan would be scared of them. Again, there is little prep; there is no easy app for parenting. I will repeat again, I do not mind noisy kids in mass; noisy adults I do, you all know better, but kids…please bring them and have them here. Parents thank you for bringing them and for having the courage and faith to be parents. Recently a friend asked me about depression. He asked me to describe what it is like. I could only give my experience: it is like a fog. It is being so overwhelmed by everything and feeling everything, and lacking the ability to take a step forward, to make a choice. There is no movement, only stagnation. It takes a lot of energy to be able to make a choice, to take a step. Earlier this week I w
Beautiful stated. What I was thinking last Sunday during the readings was the great injustice the people were doing with Christ. It takes a Christ to handle Injustice. Also, I guess he never stopped talking to people he encountered because of concern that whatever He said was taken the wrong way, Sadly I have learned with friends, acquaintances, people I have never met formally, most everybody, one innocent, well meaning , respectful comment I make, and a lot of the times people gives it the wrong interpretation. Those accusing looks, snap comments thrown at my direction, I might be strong but those actions are very hard to handle. Thank you Fr. Bob, you are one of the few people sensitive and caring for others, and who I have never seen acting like some others. You are a healer, and I know that because in my worst moments I watch your morning talks and a peace overcomes me. Thank you for the beautiful work you do for the people.
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