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All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your faithful shall bless you.
They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,
and tell of your power,
to make known to all people your mighty deeds
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
—Psalm 145:10–12 NRSV

The Responsorial Psalm for the feast of St. Luke (October 18) is taken from Psalm 145.
Whenever we pray this text together as a church, I always perk up—because this is what writers, creatives, and evangelizers do!
Through our words and images, and even more, please God, through our very lives we are called to “make known the glorious splendor” of God’s presence and action in this world.
So, for all my fellow evangelizers in the communications media, as you spend time on your craft, whether that is writing or editing or playing with colors, music or spoken word, may God bless your work. May it show forth God’s grandeur.
God bless you.
#writetosharechrist #amwriting #creatives #evangelization #communication #medianuns #DailyMass #StLuke #SaintLuke #saintsforcommunicators

I wonder if the mustard seed parable (see Luke 13:18-21) is Jesus' version of self-deprecating humor...
The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. When it is fully grown it becomes a "large bush" ... not a stately redwood tree or a robust oak, but a "bush."
And look at this picture that I downloaded from Unsplash. An azalea is more of a proper bush IMHO. Mustard just looks like a plant...
Anyhow. The point that I take is that God works amazing things in and through his disciples—but we're still a scraggly bunch—beautiful, and potently flavorful in our own ways, but still scraggly.
#Parable #MustardSeed #DailyMass

“Even now, says the Lord,
Return to me with your whole heart”
#Joel2 #DailyMass #AshWednesday

Even now—at this specific time, in these specific circumstances, whatever they may be.
Return to me—return to the deepest truth about yourself who are fashioned in the image & likeness of God.
W your whole heart—because God is the deep down source of being & without God, our hearts are not whole.

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” #StAugustine