Food for thought...this came from one of our prayer lines and I found it very interesting. I posted it awhile back but thought it was worth sharing again. There are times when the gifts we receive by Divine Providence are unmistakable, even for those not accustomed to seeing. We don’t always receive what we ask for, of course. But there is something in the act of asking itself, which, like all the other forms of prayer, properly orients us. It requires self knowledge (we are not God, He is); it involves relationship (we become ourselves through relationships); it anticipates gratitude and nurtures confidence in the God who loves us, and is with us, come what may. On one of the lesser used pathways down to the Grotto at Lourdes, there is a simple monument donated by a blind Italian woman as an expression of her gratitude. She had come to Lourdes for healing and left still blind – though not unchanged. By the experience. By asking. By seeking and encountering. By learning to trust God. It reads: Recovering the faith is greater than recovering sight. (Retrouver la Foi c’est plus que retrouver la Vue). Matthew Hanley
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:05:58 +0000
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