In these post-Easter weeks, the Church presents readings from the Acts of the Apostles, "the Gospel of the Holy Spirit", as it is sometimes called. We read of the miracles that helped spread Christianity through Peter and Paul, as well as of the opposition of the Jews to this new "Way". Despite the jailings and beatings, there is a thread of serenity that connects these two great leaders that if not making us envious, gives us a model for our own lives where "imprisonments" and "beatings" besiege us as much as they did them. Serenity is a gift, a sense of being safe and secure in the hands of God, that often accompanies prayer. St. Teresa of Avila describes it well and her words might be just what we need to hear today:
Let nothing disturb you,
Nothing frighten you;
All things are passing;
God never changes;
Patient endurance
Attains to all things;
Who God possesses
In nothing is wanting;
God alone suffices.
This is how Peter and Paul kept their calm during there adventurous preaching. May we find the time each day for quiet prayer, allowing God to "possess us", so that in God alone we find the serenity that will see us through our hectic lives..
Bro. Rene
I will be in Esopus, NY for the next two days...Not sure if I will have internet access, so there may not be any daily bread until Monday.
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