05.26.2023 | Friday in Paschaltide

The peppers are in the Garden on this Friday in Paschaltide!  So excited for these little Jalapenos.  Fresh salsa coming to our little Southside bungalow in the next few months.  It's a beautiful morning here in Carondelet as the last Friday in May gets underway ushering in the Memorial Day weekend.  What are your plans for the weekend?

We will be trimming and pruning the Lilac bush on this sunny day.  As the vineyard master prunes the vines to produce more fruit, we will be pruning our lovely Lilac to produce more fragrant blossoms come next Spring.  Bear more fruit.  Bear mor blossoms.  As the Gospel of John says, "I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him.  I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another."

Love is sometimes difficult.  Sometimes practical.  Sometimes painful. Sometimes sacrificial.  The older I get the more I realize that I need God's help to love.  I am often challenged to show love as I can be an old curmudgeon sometimes.  Sometimes I simply don't feel like it.  Grumpy old man!  I know that I need to simply ask for help to love others and love myself.  Love is sometimes difficult.  Who do I need to learn to love today?  

It's a stunning, sunny Friday in Paschaltide.  Come Holy Spirit this Pentecost.  Love one another.  Love yourself. Not always easy. Always necessary. Amen.