Be Courageous Daily Reflections Week of 10/9 - 10/16
The Be Courageous Daily Reflections are daily emails sent to your inbox featuring a reflection on one of the readings of the day. These are provided by writers from throughout the diocese.
The Be Courageous Daily Reflections are daily emails sent to your inbox featuring a reflection on one of the readings of the day. These are provided by writers from throughout the diocese.
October 9: Teach Us to Pray
The Lord's Prayer is known universally, and for good reason. However, its richness is often overlooked when we speak it...
October 10: Practicing Patience
When we were younger, as I’m sure many may have done, we used to knock on our neighbors’ doors and run away. We found much joy, but I’m sure it annoyed our neighbors we pranked. Today’s gospel gives us the imagery of knocking on a door, persisting, and waiting for a response...
October 11: Facing Division
House against house; family against family; we’ve seen [and may have personally been affected by] division in our lives. Those who don’t fully know us, those who don’t understand where we are in our faith life, our journey, our job here on earth, may very well cause others to turn away, perhaps call you names [ie: holy roller]...
October 12: Speaking to Us
Sometimes, you see a son or daughter following in the steps of their father or mother. It can be in a trade or even sports. I enjoyed working with my Dad, a contractor, but another Father caught my attention and wouldn’t let go...
October 13: Rely on God
In the current age of needing to be a “girlboss” and the world telling us we should do everything ourselves and rely on no one, it can be incredibly difficult to rely on God and recognize that He is in control...
October 14: Keep Your Eyes on Him
There are several instances in the Gospels where we can relate to someone's weak faith. Peter started walking on the water, but then his faith weakened and he started to sink. In Rembrandt's "Storm on the Sea of Galilee", there are two types of men in the boat with Jesus...
October 15: Remain in Me
“Remain in me” tends to be interpreted by people as “as long as we’re generally being good people, we’re remaining in Christ.” We should be good people, but this is truly a call to something deeper...
October 16: Fruits
Have you been baptized? If so, you have received God's Spirit (the Holy Spirit)! Today, St. Paul lists 9 fruits that indicate the presence of this Spirit...
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