In this week’s readings, the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are reminded to remain faithful to our beliefs when challenged by the trials of our lives. (Always easier said than done!) We hear of Job, who suffers everything there is to suffer: “I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been allotted me…I shall not see happiness again.” Sounds familiar in terms of everything that is happening with the pandemic and politics, and our own personal expectations and disappointments. All of us have felt this way at many times, but we are called to remember that Jesus has healed us through the Good News of salvation. Times are tough all over; you know the litany of problems plaguing people around you. Our lives in Community are to remind each other of the Good News when misery comes knocking—because life being what it is—it will knock—and very loudly and hard at the door. We are meant to hold each other up; to be wounded healers for each other; to be helping hands to drive away the demons and evil spirits of any misfortune. We are to be voices that challenge each other to always turn to God in our trials. I have a few suggestions that may help—these are called “Christian De-stressors.” (This is a reprint—sent to me from a friend.) I hope and pray that I may be a voice that may challenge you with these good sense suggestions! (They certainly challenge me…) Try one or two, don’t stress yourself out with too many changes at a time... Keep singing in your hearts!
Elizabeth Dyc Just a note: The text of this piece is a call (petition) to God to enter into our lives—to come our way to be life, breath, truth, light, feast, strength, joy and love—to make our lives be what God created us to be in the world. Challenging... |
AuthorsDavid J. Conrad, M.A. Theology. Our Director of Faith Formation. Archives
March 2024
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