| As Jesus came out of the water...a voice from Heaven said, "You are my beloved Son, you bring me great joy." Mark 1:10-11 |
| You are also beloved. Sister Ann Roddy, SSND Dear Tau House Community, Hope all is going well with each of you! Summer is passing fast and the cool days of autumn are in front of us! Its hard to believe that another year is flying by! I just wanted to drop you all a note to say hello and that we members in the north keep you all in our prayers and sweet thoughts! Gospel Lk 6:43-49
Jesus said to his disciples:
“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thorn bushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed.”
Refection question: Who are the good trees in your life? How do they help you replenish the fruit on your vine that sometimes falls to the ground and begins to rot?
I think of dear Sister Ann when I hear this reading. Days like this I want to go to her and ask her to help me replenish some of the rotting parts on my soul. Sometimes just her smile could heal me from what was troubling me. I sure miss her!
Have a great Saturday! Peace and all good, Much love!!! Ed |
