Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domine, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord (Lk 13:35). Jesus says we will not see him until we can say this. Until then, our house will be abandoned. Frightful stuff, me thinks. Who wants to live in an abandoned house?
But if i can get down off my self-involved high horse and truly see Christ in all humanity, see the light of Life emanating from their person, whether friend, stranger or enemy, and extend to them a helping hand, say a kind word, be there for a fellow human even if i might feel unwelcomed, unwanted, uncomfortable, even then, i shall know Christ is present. The Lord is present, indeed always present. And without expecting rewards, my reward shall be a blessing. Let my house become a home.
Oremus:
I would like to offer a prayer, perhaps a pithy prayer, to those whom i feel have wronged me in traffic. Lord, they do not know what they have done, lost as they are in their own cocoons of self-interest, egoism, stress and anger. But so too is my prayer for my own unworthy reaction, that i not accept their unwanted gift of anger, stress, egoism and retreat into my own self-interest. Like an infection anger spreads. I say no thank-you to their gift. I let it go and I forgive them and remain calm, full of hope that they might realise the high cost of their own behaviour. Bless them Lord. Amen.
Deo gratias.
But if i can get down off my self-involved high horse and truly see Christ in all humanity, see the light of Life emanating from their person, whether friend, stranger or enemy, and extend to them a helping hand, say a kind word, be there for a fellow human even if i might feel unwelcomed, unwanted, uncomfortable, even then, i shall know Christ is present. The Lord is present, indeed always present. And without expecting rewards, my reward shall be a blessing. Let my house become a home.
Oremus:
I would like to offer a prayer, perhaps a pithy prayer, to those whom i feel have wronged me in traffic. Lord, they do not know what they have done, lost as they are in their own cocoons of self-interest, egoism, stress and anger. But so too is my prayer for my own unworthy reaction, that i not accept their unwanted gift of anger, stress, egoism and retreat into my own self-interest. Like an infection anger spreads. I say no thank-you to their gift. I let it go and I forgive them and remain calm, full of hope that they might realise the high cost of their own behaviour. Bless them Lord. Amen.
Deo gratias.
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