tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post9048556844268450067..comments2024-02-09T02:48:13.776-06:00Comments on Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse: Mk 2:18-22 The New SkinsFr. Alfonsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02557206560119402976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-51810887160369215522011-01-18T13:46:50.068-06:002011-01-18T13:46:50.068-06:00"The Lord marries us!"
Thank you for th..."The Lord marries us!" <br />Thank you for this insight Fr. Alfonse.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16861496256489302422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-16971776146111170942011-01-18T11:22:39.944-06:002011-01-18T11:22:39.944-06:00Good morning padrecito,
Your homily on Sunday was,...Good morning padrecito,<br />Your homily on Sunday was, as usual, a great one. I loved your stories to relate to the real message, and that message that I got was that we must be our authentic selves. But father, then what? I live my life true to who I am. I get myself in trouble actually too many times because I don't care what is "in" or what is "popular" and I don't care to follow the crowd. What you see is what you get, truly. Sure I have 1 or 2 skeletons in the closet, small ones, I'll pull those things out one day... so I go back to my question,then what. I am me.I don't hide under a disguise. I am what my heart and soul is. Then what? My guess to answer my own question is to just be, leave it in God's hands. Go with the flow, God's flow, don't fight it. be patient. pay attention. truth always.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942726536937939098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-70191797598541928092011-01-17T16:04:01.102-06:002011-01-17T16:04:01.102-06:00Thanks Father for your meditation today!
I had n...Thanks Father for your meditation today! <br /><br />I had never thought of the wedding of Cana in the terms you put it, "The Lord decides to marry his people..."! What a beautiful image! <br /><br />It is so hard for me to imagine myself having enough faith to profess vows to another person (in marriage that is)...I fear betrayal from the other, as well as my own weakness.Sometimes marriage seems an impossible vocation to me.<br /><br />But reflecting on the Wedding of Cana as the Lord's 'marriage' to his people has given me a renewed hope for attaining the faith and love required to live a holy marriage! God, who is perfect, chose to LOVE his people! He knew we would fail, even though he never fails us! If the Lord loves me with complete perfection, and the only sure return is that I will fall, how can I withhold my (imperfect) love from another? He has loved me beyond all imagining! The only response to such love is to give all I am in return.<br /><br />Have a blessed day Father Alfonse! <br /><br /> - Jessica :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com