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In season at all times

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Mother Teresa

campaigning weather for the devil

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. C. S. Lewis

Hear the other side

Hear the other side. Saint Augustine

Lay first the foundation of humility

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Saint Augustine

Nonsense questions

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. C. S. Lewis

Money is not enough

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. Mother Teresa

Man is a great depth

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. Saint Augustine

Humility

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. C. S. Lewis

Death, a blessings

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. Socrates

In the absence of justice

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? Saint Augustine

The gift of overcoming self

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. Francis of Assisi

Pray and work

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Saint Augustine

Humility, the foundation

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. Saint Augustine

Our walking is our preaching

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. Francis of Assisi

Fear vs reverence

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence. Socrates

The richest

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates

Necessary to possible to impossible

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi

Perfection of a man

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. Saint Augustine

Beginning of peace

Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa

Make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis of Assisi

Monday, April 30, 2018

TODAY'S REFLECTION - MONDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER
St. Pius V, pope,religious
Acts 14:5-18 / Psalm 113b:1-4,15-16 / John 14:21-26.9

KEEP THE LORD'S COMMANDMENTS
Beloved, when Jesus sent his disciples on mission, he told them that if people welcome them, they should stay there and minister to them , but that if people don't welcome them any where, that they should shake the dust from their feet against them and move to a different place (Luke 9:5). Paul and Barnabas were expelled from Antioch and they went to Iconium (Acts 13:51). At Iconium, the people attacked Paul and Barnabas and wanted to stone them. They had to leave there again and went to Lycaonia, in the towns of Lystra and Derbe. As they were preaching there, God used them to cure a man who was crippled from birth. The people of the town associated this cure with the gods of the Greek world (Hermes and Zeus), who probably disguised themselves in human form. Paul used the occasion to educate the people on Monotheism and to free their minds from erroneous religious thoughts. For the people of Lystra, no mere mortal can work such a miracle, which is true. But to want to offer sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas was to the extreme. If I am being expelled from place to place, how will I feel? What is it that has crippled me from birth? If something miraculously happens in my life, who or what will I attribute it to? May we trust in the One God to heal us from any crippling situations.

Friends, Jesus encourages us to receive his commandments and keep them. We should love the Lord and keep his words. He assures us that the Father will send the Holy Spirit in his name to teach us everything. Do I know God's commandments? Do I love the Lord? Do I love his word? What is it that I want the Holy Spirit to teach me? Let us pray for the grace to know that all power belongs to God Almighty, but not any smaller god or any human being. May we faithfully keep God's commandments and live in his love. BE BLESSED.

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