Let's Get There On Time
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By Elle
I hope we get there soon!
but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,
While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:
"This is the way; walk in it,"
when you would turn to the right or to the left.
Isaiah 30:21
I hope we get there soon! I have heard that on many times on a car ride. Most of us love to hope in something and we often place our hopes and expectations on things that are not ours to control. I hope I get this or that, I hope she decides to include me at her party, or I sure hope I get that super cool gift I want!
What if we were to hope in what we do not see? If we are on a trip, what if we hope to get to our destination, but we lost our app and map and don't know the way? That's a little like Advent, when we are in that inbetween time of expecting great things to happen, and yet many of us are not even sure how we are going to manage our calendar in the days leading up to the "Great Christmas" to get everything done.. That creates alot of stress, and that is something I do not hope for, nor do I wish that on anyone. Let's find time today to make a spiritual road map leading to Christmas day. An Advent calendar is a good way or look up a Jesse Tree which traces the lineage of Jesus throught the Old Testament. Then we can plan some time to reflect on the reason behind all the busy-ness of this season and hopefully "get there on time"!
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Let's look at the lives of the saints...
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As we enter November, we will see the daily readings taking on a sense of urgency..
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In the first reading from Joel: The heavens and the earth quake,...
Let's Get There On Time
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I hope we get there soon!
but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,
While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:
"This is the way; walk in it,"
when you would turn to the right or to the left.
Isaiah 30:21
I hope we get there soon! I have heard that on many times on a car ride. Most of us love to hope in something and we often place our hopes and expectations on things that are not ours to control. I hope I get this or that, I hope she decides to include me at her party, or I sure hope I get that super cool gift I want!
What if we were to hope in what we do not see? If we are on a trip, what if we hope to get to our destination, but we lost our app and map and don't know the way? That's a little like Advent, when we are in that inbetween time of expecting great things to happen, and yet many of us are not even sure how we are going to manage our calendar in the days leading up to the "Great Christmas" to get everything done.. That creates alot of stress, and that is something I do not hope for, nor do I wish that on anyone. Let's find time today to make a spiritual road map leading to Christmas day. An Advent calendar is a good way or look up a Jesse Tree which traces the lineage of Jesus throught the Old Testament. Then we can plan some time to reflect on the reason behind all the busy-ness of this season and hopefully "get there on time"!
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Pope Francis waves while traveling by boat in Venice, Italy, for a meeting with young people at the Basilica della Madonna della Salute on April 28, 2024. Earlier in the day he met with inmates at a women's prison. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, Apr 28, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis opened his one-day visit to Venice on Sunday morning with a meeting with female inmates where he reaffirmed the importance of fraternity and human dignity, noting that prison can be a place of new beginnings. "A stay in prison can mark the beginning of something new, through the rediscovery of the unsuspected beauty in us and in others, as symbolized by the artistic event you are hosting and the project to which you actively contribute," the pope said to the female inmates gathered in the intimate courtyard of the Women's Prison on the Island of Giudecca. Pope Francis left the Vatican by helicopter at approximately 6:30 in the mo...
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Pope Francis prays in front of the tomb of St. Mark the Evangelist inside St. Mark's Basilica in Venice on April 28, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, Apr 28, 2024 / 09:35 am (CNA).Pope Francis had a full slate of events Sunday during his day trip to Venice, a trip that tied together a message of unity and fraternity with the artistic patrimony of a city that has been a privileged place of encounter across the centuries. "Faith in Jesus, the bond with him, does not imprison our freedom. On the contrary, it opens us to receive the sap of God's love, which multiplies our joy, takes care of us like a skilled vintner, and brings forth shoots even when the soil of our life becomes arid," the pope said to over 10,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Mark's Square. Framing his homily during the Mass on the theme of unity, one of the central points articulated throughout several audiences spread across the morning, Pope Francis reminded Christians: "Remaining ...
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Prayer house at San Simeone, Italy, September 2012. / Credit: Courtesy of Ricostruttori nella preghieraRome, Italy, Apr 28, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).Across Italy there are houses of prayer run by the Ricostruttori (Reconstructors) community, a Catholic movement dedicated to people who are far from the Church but attracted to spirituality, particularly Eastern meditation and Buddhist practices. The Reconstructors was founded in 1978 by Jesuit Father Gian Vittorio Cappelletto. "During the postconciliar period, the Church was faced with the need for new forms of evangelization and apostolate, to reach out to people who were drifting away," Don Roberto Rondanina, priest and superior of the Ricostruttori, explained to CNA. "It was a time when Eastern meditation, Hinduism, Buddhism, the New Age ... were beginning to spread in Europe." "Father Cappelletto, who lived in Turin, sought to understand the meaning of this 'flight to the East' and felt the need to find new forms of sp...
