Jesus, Lord, Savior and Companion

This is an entire message in itself. I guess St. Paul could have said that if anyone is trusting Jesus he is doing it by the Holy Spirit --- in the same way that "nobody can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Spirit."

I'm trusting Jesus in the details -- and right now in the detail of publishing this onto the blog. Actually, that is not a "silly" thing to do. Jesus is Lord of ALL -- and that does include the details. of our day, or our actions, of our thoughts and of anything and everything.

Trusting in Jesus -- that's something that we can learn from Mary. What was that like for her in the day-to-day details? I'm finding that the Spirit of Jesus is entering more and more into those details. What is your experienceon God's involvement in the ordinary moments of each day?

Perseverance and Faith and Results

Perseverance -- truly a gift from the Lord and definitely a gift of the Holy Spirit (under many titles I'm sure). I could see perseverance coming through by the work of the seven gifts of the Spirit. Think about that: how wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, filial devotion to our God and awe for who God is. That certainly wil bolster perseverance.

Then there is Faith -- the inner vision of seeing the invisible as the real thing (or as St. Paul says, "what is not seen"). There's no doubt that faith is a firm anchor for perseverance.

Results come -- with dependence on the Spirit of God IN FAITH and with a steadfast rsolution to keep our eyes on Jesus as we move forward to the goal before us.

I'm praising the Lord on this feast day of the Queenship of Mary. My other blog got lost somewhere in cyberspace. So, again, I praise God for Mary and look to her as Queen and Mother for all of us.

God's Love -- Sharing It with Others

I wrote a posting the other day (tried it several times) but it never "took." As usual, I don't know why between clicks and sing-ins the "normal" route doesn't always happen.

Now I can't remember what I actually had to share with others.

But I'm trying again -- on the end of the feast day of the Queenship of Mary. It would be great to have an opportunity to look at "queen" in the light of the gospel and in the manner in which Jesus looks at nobility: the servants of all.

Mary, Queen of Apostles, (one title that has to go under her "Queenship") is teaching us to be just that -- apostles at our best, servants from our hearts, docile to the Spirit in our response, and obedient to the Word Made Flesh - Jesus the Lord.

What is your take on Queenship and on servant, on reigning and on humble obedience?