Author: Gwenda Coté (page 12)

Unfortunately, none of us are immune to life’s tragedies. When I recognize myself as one among, not one above, those who suffer, it changes my perspective and response.

Perhaps the Holy Spirit will give us a phoenix rising from the ashes of the old way to breathe new understanding into our Church.

We must never allow Eucharist to become rote. It is the most intimate moment we have with God. Eucharist is God becoming incarnate in us. That is God becoming incarnate in us just as He did in Jesus.

God is God. That is enough for me. Knowing God loves me in all the ways I need to be loved is enough for me. It always has been.

God’s love and grace are enough for me to take the next step on my path to union with Him. All the rest is so much rubbish.

They had a choice to grumble about Jesus ascending to the Father, or they could take what they learned and be who they were called to be. 

Sometimes God has seemed so far beyond my reach, and he was always right here within me, saying, “You are looking the wrong way. Turn around. Look within. I am already here. Rely on me. I’ve got you.”

Agape, loving with divine love, or put another way loving as Jesus did, is not an emotional response. It is a decision.

God knew what He was doing when He created us and gave us life. God knew what He was doing when He gifted us each differently. We need to learn to look at one another and see the gift and not the lack.