\u201cBehold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it to be given to you?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hollie\u2019s notes were a blessing again today. She offered that Christ Jesus\u2019 words, \u2018Love one another as I have Loved you\u2019 provides a template for Loving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo this is the loop: 1.know you are loved, 2. Extend that love, 3. Know even more deeply how loved you are.\u201d<\/em> ~Hollie Holden<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feel it; know it; give it away again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lesson describes for us that there is a \u2018storehouse\u2019 of our gifts open for us to receive and then to give. These gifts that flow into the world through us connect us all to Christ\u2019s Loving intent for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cChrist\u2019s vision is the miracle in which all miracles are born.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I want the gift of Christ\u2019s vision so my quiet reflection was about this. I would like to be kinder, more giving with my mother now that her body has recovered but her brain is mis-firing with dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In meditation, my attention went to my breath where I understood I should take a breath before responding to requests. (They are mostly to go home which just hurts my heart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n My inner self agreed. \u201cSecond thought!\u201d as Fr. Richard has taught me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes I can take a breath which then gives a moment for me to notice the field of grace given to us. Then, let the Love of Christ flow through me as I have chosen Love over the separating thoughts of my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Christ\u2019s vision is the holy ground in which the lilies of forgiveness set their roots. This is their home. They can be brought from here back to the world, but they can never grow in its unnourishing and shallow soil. They need the light and warmth and kindly care Christ\u2019s charity provides. They need the love with which He looks on them. And they become His messengers who give as they received.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I love this metaphor of the lilies, grown in the field of Christ\u2019s vision. They can be plucked and taken into the world, but the roots remain in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world is enriched, the lily is admired, the garden lives in Christ\u2019s vision and nurturance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I give the miracles I have received. 6-8-2024 \u201cBehold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it to be given to you?\u201d Hollie\u2019s notes were a blessing again … Continue reading 6-8-2023<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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