This man.. I am blessed to know this man. When I needed real advice, he gave me wisdom. When I just wanted to laugh, he wasn’t afraid to be joyful alongside of me. When I was going through difficult times, he fathered me with his homilies. When I failed, he corrected. When I lost hope, he personified perseverance. When I doubted, he immediately taught me to love in response. And when the Lord called him to deny himself, he responded with a resonating YES.
This man is an example. This man imitates Christ. Praise God for you Fr. Dave, and God bless you always. Thank you.
God has a purpose for every single person we encounter in our life. As missionaries, we must fully acknowledge that in God’s design, the people we meet and encounter, befriend and eventually grow fond of, are all apart of a greater mission that God has. As much as it is our mission to come home to our God, it’s his mission for us to reach salvation by way of loving and responding to those people. Loving God is by way of loving neighbour. Loving God is a response of giving to those who need, and receiving from those which God wants us to love.
Prayer of Surrender, St. Ignatius of Loyola
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me: I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace; with these I will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.
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Praise God 🙂 It is nice to be reminded that in order to complete the puzzle, we first must learn to see how each piece fits. Each person and each encounter (good and bad) truly is part of the plan. Thanks for this, Quez! God bless!