Analise will be dealing with some personal issues during the month of May so Mark Gates will be substituting for her. Since he does not have his own login, I will be posting his reflections on my login. Analise will be fine but she could use some prayers over the next week or two. Thank you to Mark for filling in at the last catholic moment (pun intended).
After reading today’s Word from God, it would be truly difficult not to
feel loved, or to feel alone. Our God as the Blessed Trinity is ever with us…
and YES, even in difficult times. I’m sure that all of you can attest to an
event or situation that you were able to struggle through! But with your
20/20 hindsight glasses, you also wonder ‘How? Why?’ It surely wasn’t me.
God comes to Paul’s aid with some pretty quick thinking on Paul’s part.
I would call it the Holy Spirit myself!
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some
Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a
Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; I am on trial for hope in the resurrection of the
dead.” When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and
Sadducees, and the group became divided. For the Sadducees say that there
is no resurrection
or angels or spirits, while the Pharisees acknowledge all three.
A great uproar occurred…. The following night the Lord stood by Paul and
said, “Take courage. For just as you have borne witness to my cause in
Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.”
My title today, comes from my interpretation of today’s Psalm as well
as the 1 st reading. My Lord, You are ever with me.
Ps 16:11 You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your
presence, the delights at your right hand forever.
(R.) Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
Jn 17:20-26 Please read this in entirety Lifting up his eyes to heaven,
Jesus prayed saying: “I pray not only for these, but also for those who will
believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father,
are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe
that you sent me.
I feel that this scripture really needs to be prayed on!! I read this Word,
prayed, and then read it again. Whew! This is an incredibly heartfelt,
authentic prayer of petition by Jesus for his Apostles and followers unto the
end of time. Not today, but BEFORE Jesus was crucified, while he was still
alive Jesus prayed for me, and you, and you, and you….
Shalom and may All of God’s Love be with you !!
I am Mark Gates, your servant. I currently live with my wife in Peosta, Iowa and have retired. I have spent my whole life as a God-fearing Christian, Mass Lector and cradle Catholic. In 1996 after a Charismatic Conference, My spirituality ‘Exploded’. The Holy Spirit has blessed me with personal revelations and events in times of needed admonishment, teaching or encouragement. Having a personal belief and true affection for The Real Presence of Christ in Eucharist and also a very sweet, tender, and special relationship with our Holy Spirit, I believe that our world is in dire need of Good News. I want my spirituality to ‘start conversations’! Please allow these musings to start your own conversations.
