How many people have you encountered that told you about a difficult time they went through and what sustained them during that time was their faith? I have witnessed a number of people that I have met as a priest who have told me about their experience of faith and those stories can be an inspiration. As I tell people, "Others are watching to see how we live our lives and our faith." The Church holds up holy men and women who have gone before us as an example, but those examples also exist in our midst. Over the weekend, I found a quote that the spiritual writer, Thomas Merton wrote, "Faith means doubt. Faith is not the suppression of doubt. It is the overcoming of doubt, and you overcome doubt by going through it (Sunday Homily Helps, Franciscan Media, Feb. 5, 2012). Yes, we may have doubts, we may have questions of why things happen in life, but what is important that we do not lose our faith. It is easy to give up or lose hope, but we can't because our faith needs to sustain us. We have the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit to guide us in all that we do. We believe, we have faith! We are a people of faith! Let our faith continue to sustain us and may we always be examples of faith to one another! God Bless You!!!
On a personal note: I will be at a meeting and attending the funeral of a brother priest, Fr. Galen Long, so please keep the repose of his soul and his family in your prayers. The blog will return over the weekend!
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