It is beautiful again today and I just give thanks. I hope I can appreciate this day as it was intended. I wish I could wave a magic wand a fix a bunch of things but I can't. I just give thanks.
I am thankful for my wife and my huge family who are always there when you need them. I give thanks for all my good friends who are here to help and listen and those who have passed. I give thanks to the saints and angels and my guardian angel.
A troubled young man walked into Mass last night, LuAnn said he was sweating bullets. I saw Father Hank look up very concerned and stopped his reading. He firmly asked, "may I help you?" The young man said he was finding a seat and found one near the front. Father said "take a seat and please take off your hat." He did.
It was very disconcerting to my wife and so many parishoners but I really felt for the young man and started praying for him. He left before the Mass was over.
We have a lot of troubled people in this world and if we can see our blessings over our troubles I think that is a great blessing in itself.
I didn't have a good Sunday blog a minute ago but in the proper spirit, here it is!
Thank you Lord for your blessings today and help me be a positive force in the will to do good.
Ed Winkle
I good message on a beautiful October morning. Blessings
ReplyDeleteEd, beautiful Church , driving through the countryside and seeing some pretty Majestic church's built in smaller farming towns you wonder how they did that costruction a 100+ yrs. ago . Sadly I think there is a lot of "troubled" people of all ages , maybe it was always like that and I didn't see it when I was younger or didn't understand it. Weather wise it been a trying year even though crops are generally really good , just not enough sunny days . Our DIL's Brother passed away this Month at 34 from Cancer and left behind a wife and 3 little kids. Last year two of our friends had to bury there children. What do you or can you say too comfort them ? Even the Preist at last funeral says he can't explain it . I am thankful like you for a good wife,good children and the love of grandchildren. Thanks for your Blog . regards-kevin in Ontario
ReplyDeleteI cheated on that one and did not give proper due, that is the beautiful church in downtown Montreal I wrote about two months ago, Kevin.
ReplyDeleteI think there ARE more troubled people than at my youth but I do think we are more aware. Media has helped but decline has made it obvious!
On tragedy, I've convinced myself they are in a better place sooner because for whatever reason, it wasn't working down here. I hope I know the person well enough to hold them tight and I hope I have the guts to go check on them periodically. When I can do that, I am much more at peace because I really have to turn this all over to God. I can't do anything but what He taught me to do.
That might be a good blog topic but my it is a tough one.
Ed