Jul. 24th, 2008
We get preoccupied with ‘the good life’, work and ourselves. We forget that you are the source of all that is. So often it takes the extra-ordinary to make us even think of you.
In personal crisis or natural disaster we may remember that you offer help—that we are nothing except for you. Occasionally, when things go unusually well, we may remember to turn to you in gratitude and thanks. Yet you are a God who wants to come to us always.
You remind us of your presence through the power of your creation—in rain and thunder—as you did with the Exodus people. You also reveal yourself in the simple words of our conversations about you—as Jesus did in the parables. Give us understanding hearts and perceiving minds.
St Sarbel Makhlüf
In personal crisis or natural disaster we may remember that you offer help—that we are nothing except for you. Occasionally, when things go unusually well, we may remember to turn to you in gratitude and thanks. Yet you are a God who wants to come to us always.
You remind us of your presence through the power of your creation—in rain and thunder—as you did with the Exodus people. You also reveal yourself in the simple words of our conversations about you—as Jesus did in the parables. Give us understanding hearts and perceiving minds.
| First: | Jeremiah 2:1-3,7-8,12-13 |
| Resp: | Psalm 36:6-11 |
| Gospel: | Matthew 13:10-17 |
St Sarbel Makhlüf
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