butterfly 2006

 

Sister Joan Irene

Sister Joan Irene: "January 25"

jan 26 2006

Mk 4:21-25 Jesus said to his disciples,“Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” He also told them, “Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you. To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
The gifts which we are given are meant to be shared. Those who receive a sharing from another need to have open ears, open eyes, open hearts and minds. The more that we give, the more we will receive. There is a generous heart that to me is the one who has and will be given more and the stingy or miserly heart is the one who has not is living a loveless life and that person will lose more. I like what Archbishop Desmond Tutu said in Tampa at USF last thursday when I heard him. We are made to be incomplete and complete each other. A person is not a person until they are a person to another person. To be self sufficient is to be subhuman. I think this sharing is holding the light up rather than hiding it under a basket. All of the bounties of life are meant to be shared. I can not always see when I am missing this important part of the Gospel life. I pray for today for greater awareness of what I need to share with others today.

bee jan 22 2006

 

violets jan 22nd 2006

 

jan 25 2006

Mk 16:15-18 Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will a ccompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
God works miracles through those who believe. There will be healing from the laying on of hands on the sick. The believers are to proclaim the Gospel. How do I proclaim the Gospel in the world in my daily life? Many times I feel that it is important to show the most through my actions. It could be helping a stranger with directions, noticing a difference in a person that is a slight acquaintance and showing concern. The reaching out to others in simple ways of love for me is much easier than talking to all about the Word of the Gospel.

I am very interreligious in my belief and vision of God and truly wish to be accepting and loving of all who are all religions and those who profess to be atheists. I find one of the most powerful messages of the Gospel from John: "God is Love" I believe we are doing God's will when we truly love one another. I also believe that a part of the laying on of hands that is healing is the loving wish with all the healer's might that the ill person be healed. I believe that the touch of the healer on the ill person is a sign of love and a full wish that the ill person be healed. With God all things are possible.