Ordinary, 13th Sunday, June 27, 2021
Written by Fr. Fitz Friday, 25 June 2021 10:38
"Little girl. I say to you, arise!"
How many parents worry about their children? So many of the children are "asleep" through drugs, or alcohol, or some other factor that makes them stray like sheep, lying down, and sleeping.. In today's gospel Jesus raises a little girl from her sleep and restores her to her parents.
In my book, Stories of Coming Home, I wrote:
The center point of our younger days
converged in the shaping of our
childrens' lives.
We formed and moulded them in our own image,
caressing them with our most vibrant touch.
We were the potters. They were the clay,
or so we thought in those early days.
After the moulding they must be fired in ovens,
not of our desire or making...
Sometimes the pottery of their lives
 fractured, cast aside.
Awaiting the Lord's healing touch.
Jesus, mend the pieces together in your design.
AmenÂÂ