I hope your Thanksgiving was filled with people, events, things for which to give THANKS. Don't you find it strange that we set aside a DAY on which to give thanks? We are something else! Yet, I am sure that we all make each day GIVING THANKS DAY. I cannot imagine it not being so.
We say THANK YOU to one another many times a day...why not include the Giver of all Good.
I make it a point to begin my day with my list of GRACIAS. So for me every day is THANKSGIVING DAY. I invite you to join me in making each day a day of gratitude. Ane let's not forget our thanks to one another for ever so little things. It makes such a difference in the other person's day. Did you ever notice?
So, in this spirit of THANKSGIVING I thank you for taking the time to read my blog!
GOD BLESS YOU!
Friday, November 23, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Home again, home again, jiggedy jig....
Back home from Rome! Great experience, but there is no place like home. I give thanks to the good Lord, not only for our wonderful Chapter experience, our sister delegates and their hard work, for the super hospitality of our sisters at our Motherhouse in Rome, at our Borgo bed and breakfast place, at Sant Elia, and our Assisi places, for our inspiring prayer experiences, for the safety of all our travels...I could go on and on with my gratitudes!
Now back to work! I even had to relearn how to work my office phone! And back to the more common way of praying....in only one language! Simplifies things.
This past week we celebrated the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basislica in Rome. We comemorate this church because it is the official church of the pope as Bishop of Rome, like our arch/diocesan cathedrals.
I loved the reflection from page 103 of "Give us This Day" for that day. "...we do more than honor a building. We celebrate an incredible spiritual truth: God dwells within us....we ourselves are sacred places!"
This belief "impacts our entire lives. It means we show respect for our bodies by the food we eat, the rest we take, the healthy pace by which we live. Second, it reminds us that we find God not only by turning outward, but also by turning inward. This means we take time to probe our thoughts and feelings, knowing we can find God's guidance in our hears. And third, since we believe God dwells in others as well as ourselves, we also respect them by the way we talk to them, talk about them, interact with them." (Credit Sr Melannie Svoboda)
I thought this was sooooo good, I wanted to share it with you.
Pace e bene....Italian for Peace and (all) Good
Now back to work! I even had to relearn how to work my office phone! And back to the more common way of praying....in only one language! Simplifies things.
This past week we celebrated the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basislica in Rome. We comemorate this church because it is the official church of the pope as Bishop of Rome, like our arch/diocesan cathedrals.
I loved the reflection from page 103 of "Give us This Day" for that day. "...we do more than honor a building. We celebrate an incredible spiritual truth: God dwells within us....we ourselves are sacred places!"
This belief "impacts our entire lives. It means we show respect for our bodies by the food we eat, the rest we take, the healthy pace by which we live. Second, it reminds us that we find God not only by turning outward, but also by turning inward. This means we take time to probe our thoughts and feelings, knowing we can find God's guidance in our hears. And third, since we believe God dwells in others as well as ourselves, we also respect them by the way we talk to them, talk about them, interact with them." (Credit Sr Melannie Svoboda)
I thought this was sooooo good, I wanted to share it with you.
Pace e bene....Italian for Peace and (all) Good
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