Fr. Don's Daily Reflection - April 16, 2025
Psalm 62: “In you alone is my soul at rest. My help comes from You.”
During times of struggles, we search for hope and we always find that in Francis. Though Francis knows the human temptation to rage and roar, he keeps pointing us to hope. For example: Back to the episode of Jesus sleeping in the disciples’ boat while the storm rages, Francis reminds us that “all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.”
Any disruption of normal life is "a time to choose what matters and what passes away, a time to separate what is necessary from what is not."
Francis continues: “How many are praying . . . interceding for the good of all. Prayer and quiet service: these are our victorious weapons. . . .
Embracing the Lord in order to embrace hope: that is the strength of faith, which frees us from fear and gives us hope.”
Psalm 27: “I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodness / in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong; / be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord!”
