Comments on: Friday, 1/25/19 The Divine Super Bowl

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:09:15 +0000

Thank you for your reflection. It was wonderful. Please include my daughter and Gabe in your prayers

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:25:48 +0000

Carolyn thank you for this reflection. As we look through a kaleidoscope how amazing is it that every turn is different. As humans every second provides us with another opportunity to become closer to our most personal and unique relationship with our spiritual self. Your reflections, Mary’s reflection and those from the whole week are a beautiful kaleidoscope for all of us. Thank you so much. Please pray for my niece and nephew recovering from additions, for my daughter that her job will become positive, and for me that I may be a better servant for Jesus for God.

By: Anonymoose

Anonymoose — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:59:49 +0000

Please pray for my daughter, our home, my mother’s home, my family.
Adore Jesus!

By: A

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:04:05 +0000

Carolyn, you and Dan both mistakenly attribute Hebrews to Saint Paul. Why? Just look at your copy of the Bible. Nothing about Saint Paul in the title of this epistle.

Clearly, you’re not all reading each others’ reflections, because Mary made that point on nobody knowing who wrote Hebrews in one of her recent reflections (at the start of reading Hebrews this year).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:02:06 +0000

May the Lord bless Carolyn and family for this beautiful reflection. May the almighty Lord hears the prayers of this community and comes to our help. I pray in the name of the father, the son and of the holly spirit. Amen!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:43:15 +0000

When we read about the conversion of Saul (St. Paul), it gives me great hope. If someone like Saul can be changed so drastically, then there is hope for the world. Carolyn, I had never thought, as you say “we see the world through a human kaleidoscope. This kaleidoscope clouds our vision, we can’t see the whole picture.” I often struggle to understand the atrocities taking place in the world, but especially in our churches. I wonder why God allows such crimes to go unchecked for years! So yes, the eyes of our hearts and minds are clouded struggling to make sense of the divisions and persecutions in the world and in our churches. I read the following commentary in My Catholic Life which helps me (somewhat) to keep hoping, some day something good will come out of something deeply painful:

“One truth this reveals is that, at times, we encounter division and even persecution within the Church from one person to another. This should not shock us or undermine our faith. Jesus was quite aware of this fact with St. Paul and chose to use him despite his horrible persecution of Christians. This passage should call us to look at all persecution and discord more as an opportunity than anything. It’s an opportunity for Jesus to bring great good out of something that is deeply painful.

Reflect, today, upon your own experience of discord and division within the Church or even within your own family. Though it is important to acknowledge the pain and hurt this produces, do not lose hope that God can turn all things into good and use everything for His glory.” (Source: My Catholic Life)

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:38:40 +0000

I ask for prayers for my parish and parish school. One of our 8th grade students took his own life on Monday. He had struggled most of his life with depression. He also was diagnosed with Turets Syndrome and seizures. He was an active supporter of mental health issues and in his short life worked to help others and himself overcome this terrible disease. Please pray for him, for his parents, family, our students, teachers, and our faith community as he is laid to rest tomorrow. I pray he at peace and resting in the arms of Jesus.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:13:16 +0000

Right to life is from conception to death. Pray for those on death row, those who are separated from their family at our border, and for those who have established themselves as productive citizens that live in fear of deportation.