Working with yeast

"We can live our lives on earth without faith . . . but there's a flatness to all of that. Life blossoms with faith. Life has meaning with faith. And you and I are called to find the yeast of the kingdom and work it into our lives." 

"Another thing about yeast is that once it is in the dough, it's changed forever . . . once we have the yeast of the kingdom within us, we're changed forever. We can't take it out."

I was watching a video by Msgr. James Vlaun (President/CEO of Catholic Faith Network) where he was reflecting on yeast and bread. He went on to talk about the yeast of the kingdom of God and how just a small amount of it can make a difference in our life. 

Is your life animated by the yeast of the kingdom, by your faith, so that it raises up those around you?

I am including the link to his video and I encourage you to watch it.

https://bible.usccb.org/podcasts/video/2026-07-27-reflection-401 

Pray for peace, joy, and an end to war.

Janet Cassidy
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Tired of struggling with prayer?

 

 

I was listening to a few different reflections the other day when this twofold prayer came up:

"Lord, let me praise and please you this day." 

Wow. 

I mean, Wow. 

This little prayer says it all, and it's really not complicated.

What does it mean to praise God?  

We praise God by appreciating all that he is, and living humbly and gratefully, before him. 

We praise God by adoring him.

What does it mean to please God?

We please God by wanting what he wants, loving how he loves, forgiving how he forgives (as best we can.)

We please God by living a life of trust in him. 

Ultimately, we please God by being the person he has called us to be, and by putting him before all else.

So if you struggle with how to pray, or you get lost or bored in long, tangled words and thoughts, just pray:

"Lord, let me praise and please you this day." 

As you go through your day, offer everything you do to praise and please him. It's really that simple.

Janet Cassidy
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Are you living without electricity?

 

I was listening to A Classic Edition of Daily Bread and Fr. Al Lauer (may he rest in peace) made an interesting statement.

He said that it's really sad that people, are "choosing to live without electricity, like choosing to live with a blindfold on, like choosing to live in a cave and never seeing the light of day, that is the way people live now, even Christians, living out of God's revelation . . ." 

That is a powerful image when you think about it.

Who would intentionally choose to go through life with a blindfold on? Or without electricity?

But as Father Lauer indicated, that is exactly what people do when they try to live outside an awareness that God is revealing himself to us in so many ways.

That is exactly what we do when we try to live as if God doesn't exist.

Think about it.

If you are living in a cave, never seeing the light of day, you are missing so much. 

Turn on the light of faith and take off your blindfold so that you may fully embrace the revelation of God.

Pray for peace, joy, and an end to war.

Janet Cassidy
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