THOUGHT
FOR SUNDAY.
As we look at
nature just now we see the signs of another year coming to an end. The leaves
have fallen and the dark nights of winter have begun to close in on us. The
life forces of nature are retreating into the earth and we are entering the
darkest and coldest time of the year.
It is a time
when we are ready to endure what the winter will send our way because we know
that this time of death and gloom will pass and new life will return again with
the spring. We read the signs and we know what to expect. The hope of the
coming spring and of new life gives us something to cling to in the dark days
of winter.
The readings to
day give us the same message of hope at a time when the Church is going through
a rough period. No matter how difficult life becomes for us, we have the word
of Jesus that those who remain faithful have nothing to fear.
God has not
abandoned them, and when he comes, it will not be to judge but to gather his
faithful to himself. If we keep this in mind it will help us to see beyond to
day's calamity to tomorrow's divine intervention.
Despite our
overwhelming fears,
despite the tragedies of this world
(which turn so many from God),
and despite the occasional apparent silence
of the Divine,
make no mistake:
Love always conquers Evil.
(Surprised
by Love……Robert J. Miller.)
Updated by Br. Dick
Burke. 8/11/2009.