March
24,2025
Come Oh
Holy Spirit of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Come!
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The Kerygma
Family Daily Bible Reading with reflections has this question for me to ponder
on:
Do you challenge others just to confront them, or to
encourage a deeper response in faith?
First of,
confrontations are quite tricky and challenging to navigate.
My youngest
was just telling me of an incident that occurred April 2020 that she has not
gotten over with.
I hope, my
listening and her venting would slowly dissipate any lingering unhealthiness in mind and body.
The body
usually and does keep score.
Buried
emotions will sooner or later erupt in many ways and unscheduled times.
So, yes, I would try to avoid confrontations and process them through writing and seeking the Sacraments.
I was just
reminded recently in an activity Ruel and I attended of the V shape dialogue.
Where one seats side by side in sharing thoughts and feelings as in counseling.
Face to
face facing can be more confrontational than the V shape posture.
Also, when
one invokes the presence of the Holy Spirit of God the Father and God the son..
Peace and
calm will be achieved.
I am
inclined to quote the last verse of today’s first reading:
“Now
I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel.”2Kings 5:15
This was
when Naaman, the army commander of the
King of Syria encountered the prophet Elisha in his need for healing.
Words that
stand out: Israel, Syria.
I cannot
help but ponder on the pictures I saw lately of those beheaded in Syria for their
Christian beliefs that the mainstream media will not report on.
My prayer:
May the
blood of the Christian martyrs in Syria recently and around the world through
all of history give glory to the word made flesh, Jesus.
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