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Morning Reflections
Hunger
(Deacon Andy Cirmo)
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time | July 18, 2021
This gospel reflection is based on Mark 6:30-34.
In these deserted places
Ofttimes we’ve sought refuge from the din
For not a moment in time has transpired
That we have not been with him
Yet we set sail now to distant shores
To find quiet and our strength, rebuild
What has transpired has us all worn and tired
As we sail seeking spirit and body to refill
Through the distant mist it now comes into view
Here would be a place of quiet we were sure
Yet alone were not as all have now followed
With a longing for his word, seeking cure
For peace and healing they here also seek
With persistent longing for uplifting word
There will be no rest for any of us in this place
For we know his mercy and healing is assured
As we watch they press forward and clamor
To get closer to him they fill the shore
All came here in faith and longing for peace
And our Lord holds us in awe as never before
His great love attracts all those who come
They persist and they will not be denied
Yet he gently smiles here and opens his arms
For all these he even sets time itself aside
Dear Jesus, I long to hear your healing words
I strive to move closer to you and never roam
That here I might be find strength and healing
For only in your holy presence am I truly home
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Two by Two
(Deacon Andy Cirmo)
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time | July 11, 2021
This gospel reflection is based on Mark 6:7-13.
Go forth now he says to us this day
To preach repentance and his love
Yet I’m not sure that I can, nor know how
I too am weak and I too a sinner
Yet to an unbelieving world he sends us now
Do I believe all he has taught
All he has shown us by his words and his signs
Do I believe enough to do as he commands
On my own, in the world, apart from him
To do what he alone has done, to be his hands
Yet we’re not alone but sent two by two
To support and to help each other through
On a journey to people and places unknown
To some who may not accept nor believe
To places where only anger will be shown
With resolve we must go without doubt or fear
Knowing we must fully have faith in him
And be committed to believe and to trust
Becoming a channel for the power of his love
Bringing His teachings to the world, we must
Help us to go, free of all that distracts
Beyond all things of this world
On which we have grown to depend
And open ourselves totally to him
May his grace upon us descend
He gives us a power we do not understand
Strength to heal and to drive out demons
The power to cure and to forgive even sin
Strength that only his grace can provide
Through us and our hands to pass within
Dear Jesus,
As I go forth from your table
Give me the strength of your love
A love which can bless all things
A love which can do all things
A love which can help me to forgive
Those known and strangers alike
And bring you to the world in which I live
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