Lately, the days seem to be ever changing.
It can be challenging to find that peaceful start to your day.
Why not pair your morning cup of coffee or tea with some beautiful morning reflection?
 

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After the Doubt
(Deacon Andy Cirmo)
Divine Mercy Sunday | April 11, 2021

This gospel reflection is based on John 20:19-31.


I was away only a short while
We were frightened, confused, broken
All our dreams were hung with Jesus
All our plans had been nailed to his cross
What would become of us and our families?
What if the Romans found us?
Could we ever go to temple again?

I had been away to get some food
And now they claim to have seen him
That he had risen from the dead!
And that he even eaten with them!
They all must have been imagining
Their fear and hunger the cause
This I cannot believe!!

They said: He breathed on them
Saying “Receive the Holy Spirit”
And told them to forgive sins in his name
And that they were strengthened
They now understood and had found peace
I was only gone a short while
But this I cannot believe!

This is simply not possible
I have heard from those who were there
I am full of doubt and confusion
Yet, now he comes again
“Peace be with You”, he says
“Thomas put your finger in my side”
I can’t, I am in awe, it is he!!!

“My Lord and My God!”
It is you!  It is truly you!
I believe because I have seen
He knows me and my doubts
And told me what I needed to hear
“Blest are those who believe
But have not seen”

Lord Jesus help me to believe
Both the seen and the unseen
Help me to trust in you
And to know
That you will be with us always
Even until the end of time
Your mercy is boundless and forever
For indeed
Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard
What God has ready
for those who love him
 

All Things New
(Deacon Andy Cirmo)
Easter Sunday | April 4, 2021

This gospel reflection is based on Revelation 21:5.


Thousands of years of promise
Have brought us to this time
After millennia of aimless drifting
Distancing ourselves from love
Turning inward rather than outward
We have rejected you and refused
Yet now you make all things new

Oft We have moved away from you
We have tried to replace you
Even at times trying to be you
Only to fail and to sin again
Only to increase the distance
From our lives to you
Yet now you make all things new

You have stood by your promise
You have been patient and kind
You have been giving and forgiving
You have protected us from harm
You have shown and guided us through
Yet we have turned away
Yet now you make all things new

You have sent prophets of old
To teach and to show the way
To warn and to guide us home
To correct and to keep us straight
Through word and awesome sign
With love you have guided us through
Yet now you make all things new

We have so often rejected you
Left and walked far away from you
To try to become God like you
Yet in your eternal love and mercy
You have sent your only Son
To bring us back and lead us home
And now you make all things new

You have come to become as us
The creator as a humble man
To take on our sinful burden
To show us the way back to you
To bear up all of our sin
With mercy and forgiveness
And to invite us to follow you home
And now you make all things new

Lord Jesus help me to make all things new
In all that I say and all that I do
Help me stay on the path of your way
As I pray and start each day
And live my life as you have shown
Totally for you