Comments on: How Do you know? https://www.acatholic.org/saturday-121915-how-do-you-know/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Michael Wilhelmi https://www.acatholic.org/saturday-121915-how-do-you-know/#comment-2895 Sun, 20 Dec 2015 08:10:59 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=53738#comment-2895 How true it is as you said “.We merely have to be still, watch and listen. It’s only then we will know.”. I recently traveled to Illinois to be with my mom the last few day’s of her life. When I arrived to the Church for mom’s funeral mass I wish I had already learned the lesson of being silent. Instead I had to question every decision my father had made about my mom’s funeral. My father and I were not close and my behavior that day didn’t’ help.

I have lived in California and now in New Mexico for most of my adult life with only one or two visits a year back home. My question for the Holy Spirit and for any wise one here on earth is: How do I tell dad I’m sorry? The day of mom’s funeral I must have told dad I was sorry 5 or 6 times throughout the day do to my inability to stay silent.

Please God give me the wisdom to bring trust back to our relationship and forgiveness to each other. Amen.

]]> By: Bob Burford https://www.acatholic.org/saturday-121915-how-do-you-know/#comment-2894 Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:55:02 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=53738#comment-2894 It is funny that in another context something similar happened to me. This week my wife and I went to the doctors office. We are in our 70’s and it seems we go there often. Per chance we met another couple our age and had not seen them in a while. The women in this case has gone through cancer and other illnesses and had an operation about six months ago and they said that even if successful she would only have less than a year of life left because of damage to her heart. She was at the eye doctor and one thing she said that stood out to me is that we all have hope and hope for a better future. Just like Elizabeth she is a good God fearing woman and so is her husband.
I am not sure if and angel stood before me and said anything that I would not doubt. I would have been scared to death. Yet every week we stand before God Himself in Eucharist. We should not doubt and yes like the good couple we met God gives us hope. Hope for the impossible and hope for the future. Thanks!

]]> By: martin https://www.acatholic.org/saturday-121915-how-do-you-know/#comment-2893 Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:41:35 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=53738#comment-2893 That’s a very touching reflection. And I pray for a deeper love of christ in our lives, let our heart be open to christ’s love so that our lives may be full of joy as we wait for his second coming in glory. Amen

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