Thought for the Day - October 10

We make promises, we say prayers each day. As Catholics we are encouraged to develop and share obedience to the faith. We seek eternal life, we seek salvation, we seek the Kingdom of heaven. To gain salvation requires effort, requires dedication, requires persistence.

We go to Mass, we receive the Eucharist. As Catholics we are encouraged to love and serve the Lord, to leave in peace. Time remains a precious gift. Love remains a precious gift. Serving God remains the most precious gift for a Christian. Treasure these gifts. Treat these gifts with reverence. Treat these gifts with respect, with care.

Allow yourself to love the entire world without wanting, without desiring to be loved back.

Allow yourself to do be flexible, to be malleable for the God.

Allow yourself to resist anxiety as you resist temptation and sin. Anxiety like temptation and sin creates indecision, causes worry that is often unnecessary and unnatural.

Allow yourself a moment with the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Visualize them, listen to their individual voices.

Allow yourself a moment of peace.

God gives blessings to each Christian. God offers mercy to each Christian. God offers forgiveness to each Christian. We are encouraged to accept all that God offers and return our love, our loyalty, our obedience.

We make promises, we say prayers. God provides answers, God provides blessings. We say prayers.