Thread of Life

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"Take time to reflect on your story--the story of your life.  If not you may lose the thread of your life, your source of identity, and your purpose."  (by Matthew Kelly, taken from Mustard Seeds)

If you would like an appointment with me to share the story of your life, I can accommodate you at either my Two Rivers or Crivitz, WI office. I can be reached at 793.3530.  

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Our Legacy

"How will your life be influencing other people 100 years from now?"  (from Dynamic Catholic.com)

Lost

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Yup, lost!  Never realized it till a few minutes ago.  Just received a wonderful phone call from my first cousin, who is ten years younger than I am. When we were kids, his family would come for a visit and we both laughed about the times he and my brother would spend hours in the basement at the pool table. 

He said, "we just loved it when your dad, uncle Bob or you  would come down and play with us...you were the "experts!'"Well, the phone conversation traveled from pool, his dreams of our house, grandparents, siblings and other people, places and things long gone. Laughter was the main thread in this whole visit!

"Lost" comes  in many forms.  With parents gone, the family home a figment of the imagination, even the family phone number only a memory all of what used to be is now like water through our fingers.   

Yes, we all adjust to changes sooner or later and they usually leave our frontal cortex where they once might have been very fresh for us.  However, when a wonderful phone call rings in the middle of a very boring TV show it comes to me that yes, these times have been lost, loved ones have been lost, but someone who "reached out and touched" someone helped it all to be found!  And for the glorious minutes we shared these memories, it was just about as good as being there!  

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Thank you, Greg!  What a simple phone call can do! 

"Sh#*hole Countries"

The following came through on Facebook and I want to share it with you.  Our behavour toward others is not just a "Christian" stance; it is for each and every one of us.

 

As # 9 states," It's the right thing to do."

Fr. James Martin, SJ is with Layne Benofsky and 2 others.

January 12 

"Why are we having all these people from sh#*hole countries come here?"

1.) They are our brothers and sisters in need.
2.) They are often fleeing war, violence or famine.
3.) There are children among them.
4.) The Old Testament asks us to care for the "alien."
5.) Jesus asks us to welcome the "stranger."
6.) Jesus asks us to love one another.
7.) We will be judged on how we care for the stranger.
8.) They come bringing hope.
9.) It's the right thing to do.
10.) That's who we are.

One more reason: Jesus himself was from a "sh#*hole" place. Nazareth was a minuscule town of 200 to 400 people, where people lived in small stone houses, and, say archaeologists, garbage (that is, s#*t) was dumped in the alleyways. "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" says Nathanael when he hears where the Messiah is from.

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God, in other words, came from a "sh#*hole" place. And he pointedly asked us to welcome him whenever he appeared as a "stranger," or as one of our "least" brothers and sisters. That's why we have all these people come. Because Jesus came.