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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How's your soil?

One more post about the Parable of the Sower. Bear with me.

Here is a great, short video that challenges us to think a little differently about this parable, and ourselves.

Take a minute to watch this video and sit quietly and seriously consider how you fit into the parable.

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

Janet Cassidy
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The Parable of the Sower: July 12, 2026

A parable for you?

  

As we will hear in Sunday's reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 13:1-23) Jesus teaches a crowd by using the Parable of the Sower.

As we listen to it, we often get caught up in where the seeds landed, how they were destroyed or how they took root in good soil. There are important lessons we can learn from reflecting on this.

But let's step away from the details for a minute . . .

What is also notable is that Jesus was speaking to the people in ways that they could understand. He had other parables as well, but to this one in particular they might have connected, because of their familiarity with farming. 

How would Jesus speak to us today in ways that we would understand? 

Could he reach us by talking about money and material things?

Would we understand him best if he spoke to us in terms of our striving for position or power? 

Would he speak to us about being anxious or depressed, isolated or despairing?

Maybe he could reach us by talking about healthy family life and our strong faith, serving our community or speaking his name to others.

What do you think a personal parable for you might include?

In response to his disciples asking him about why he spoke to the people in parables, Jesus said this:

“Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted . . . ‘they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.’" 

If we want to be among those in the crowd that are called disciples, let us strive to see and hear, listen and understand, all that Jesus has to teach us.

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

Janet Cassidy
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