In his last letter, written a few days before Robert Frost died, he wrote:
“Salvation we will never have from anyone but God.”
For me, that is Lent in a nutshell.
Because of a few unexpected things that came up, I will unfortunately have to extend my pause. I will shoot for March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, to resume. Si Deus vult. I pray your Lent continues to go well. That your chosen or un-chosen challenges can become opportunities for cross-bearing, offered to you by Christ with great love, as he invites you to interweave your arms with his like Simon of Cyrene.
In the meantime, I would like to share these two videos of the late Bishop Dave O’Connell. I believe they will both bless you. The first is a tribute to his life and ministry made in 2017, the second a remarkable talk he gave to youth in 2022. If you can set aside 25 minutes for prayer for the second video, his gentle sincerity is powerful. I did not know of him until the news of his tragic murder came to light. But now, I am a devotee of this friend of the outcasts…
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Grace, I was just about to forward this to you and then saw your comment 🙂
Amazing Grace in Bishop Dave! So glad I listened to that beautiful man’s message of how to talk with Jesus! My grandchildren will benefit from this!
God bless you Dr Tom! I believe this will be life changing to many of those who heard this!
Thank you!
AMAZING GRACE!!! HE IS A GENTLE SHEPHERD!!! Such a light in a dark world, Mary
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This beautiful second video/prayer time!!
Thank you for sharing, it was such a blessing to pray along. What a humble, gentle man! I had never heard that song and have now sung it all day, taught it to M…. R.I.P. dear Bishop.
❤ Thank you. RIP. SO beautiful, indeed. I pray to him often now.