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Today I was able to go visit my mom. We have a delightful friend visiting us for a week and she brought two small dogs, a bunny and a lamb for my mom! As you can see, she thought they were very, very cute!
I've been taking them back and forth with me in my bag. That way - she doesn't lose them and enjoys them each time they come with me for a visit. I also bring her a small bowl of her favorite chocolate ice-cream - (Tillamook-Chocolate) and we have our own little party with two dogs, a bunny and a lamb. This time she said, "Oh no kitty?" So... must check into getting a little kitty to join our party.
Sometimes the Monastery is a very quiet place... BUT sometimes we even get babies over for a visit! Fr. Tom Kraft, OP (our Dominican Franciscan - he grew up across the street between the Poor Clares and St. Francis of Assisi Parish) was visiting with us for a few days .. and one day - his littlest niece came for a visit! So cute.
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Angels, Air and Green Lights
Lynda S. Lowin
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One chilly night when I left work, I noticed that my tire was low, so I headed for a nearby convenience store to add some air. As I put air in the tire, I could hear a hissing sound as it escaped. I quickly called the tire company and explained my problem. They were closing in ten minutes but would help me if I got there in time.
Rather than drive on the highway that the dealership was located on, I drove on a residential street that ran parallel to it because the highway did not have a shoulder to pull over onto if the tire did go completely flat.
I started praying for angels, air, and green lights. The first light was red, but I continued my prayer, "God I need angels, air, and green lights."
The next light was red. I was at my second four-way stop sign before I realized that there were no more stoplights on this street.
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The lowly shall eat their fill;
they who seek the Lord shall praise him:
"May your hearts be ever merry!"
In the Beatitudes, Jesus called the lowly blessed. "Blest are the lowly, they shall inherit the land," meaning heaven.
By the lowly, Scripture means those persons who are receptive to God's word. It also includes those who are not bound by all sorts of material attachments and who are able to keep their focus on the Lord, giving him the proper priority.
Our Blessed Mother was such a person. She could say:
"My being proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
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For he has looked upon his servant in her lowliness."
(Lk 1:46f)
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“ Ezekiel shall be a sign for you: all that he did you shall do when it happens.... You have forgotten God who gave you birth.... If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Not Mourning
Ezekiel was forbidden to mourn his wife after her sudden death. What a cold command from God that seems! And yet, the shocking command was intended to shake out the exiles’ callousness and put in place another essential illustrative and prophetic action whereby Ezekiel proclaims to the people the word of the Lord.
This much is explained: Ezekiel’s lack of mourning for the death of his wife, “the delight of [his] eyes,” parallels the exiles’ forthcoming lack of mourning for the destruction of God’s Temple and the fall of Jerusalem, “the delight of [their] eyes.” Since returning to Jerusalem would have been the exiles’ dearest hope, the destruction of the city would have been the worst blow possible. What then could have prevented them from mourning over such a catastrophe?
Three possibilities come to mind: first, they may have been simply forbidden by their precarious status as exiles in Babylon from displaying any public distress at the Babylonian victory which assured the destruction of Jerusalem. Second, since the preceding chapter detailed the horrific extent of Jerusalem’s sinfulness, perhaps the exiles were not to mourn because the city’s destruction was the just and inevitable retribution for its iniquities. Third, the guilt of the exiles themselves (mentioned in the reading) implicated them too in the destruction, so it would have been hypocritical for them to mourn (or, conversely, it may have made them too preoccupied with themselves to be concerned about others at all). Whatever combination of these and other factors were at play in preventing the exiles from mourning the great tragedy, Ezekiel’s symbolic actions illustrative the poignancy of the exiles’ plight.
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