Brian’s Reflection: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Preach the Gospel at all times - and when necessary use words.
- Francis of Assisi, who died on this day, 1226
Jesus stood before Pilate. He said nothing in His defense. No need, even if Pilate could not understand.
I remember visiting an English priest friend with my mother. After one day, at breakfast, my friend said to my mother, “Mrs. McHugh, I can tell that you are by nature a kind, giving, gentle person ….. unlike your son, who has had to be softened by Grace.” Well, I did have the grace to laugh.
Bottom line: we can talk all we want. It’s who we are, how we behave, that reveals the truth.
For it is in giving that we receive;
Preach the Gospel at all times - and when necessary use words.
- Francis of Assisi, who died on this day, 1226
Jesus stood before Pilate. He said nothing in His defense. No need, even if Pilate could not understand.
I remember visiting an English priest friend with my mother. After one day, at breakfast, my friend said to my mother, “Mrs. McHugh, I can tell that you are by nature a kind, giving, gentle person ….. unlike your son, who has had to be softened by Grace.” Well, I did have the grace to laugh.
Bottom line: we can talk all we want. It’s who we are, how we behave, that reveals the truth.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
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