tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post7607316685397231117..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: O, you of much worry!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-57139390800014027932013-06-23T13:05:24.389-05:002013-06-23T13:05:24.389-05:00I agree with Shelly. For any gift good or bad shou...I agree with Shelly. For any gift good or bad should be accepted almost like during Christmas but any and all gifts effect your life and in some cases of other lives that surround you. To me this is a take if you will on person judging others that we as humans have no business in doing so for judging is only for God.<br />Thanks for a inspiring homily Father!!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606232839700161406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-82511986432470506152013-06-22T22:53:09.988-05:002013-06-22T22:53:09.988-05:00No, not easy, but I've come to realize very re...No, not easy, but I've come to realize very recently that without the Bad Stuff I wouldn't be who I am. And it is very likely neither would I have this desire for God that I have, for as I work on accepting all things as Gift - maybe, especially the Bad Stuff - I find that each small step is bringing me closer and closer to Him and toward learning how to surrender myself to Divine Providence. Easy? Heck no. But luckily I have somebody keeping me honest, and keeping me focused on the straight and narrow. . . which was a gift I did not expect!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-20397677121040845902013-06-22T19:21:12.475-05:002013-06-22T19:21:12.475-05:00It's no easy thing to think of the Bad Stuff a...It's no easy thing to think of the Bad Stuff as a Gift. . .Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-90757657000669673042013-06-22T09:15:45.560-05:002013-06-22T09:15:45.560-05:00Thanks for the reminder . . . Gift: everything, g...Thanks for the reminder . . . Gift: everything, good and bad. Second paragraph was my favorite part of this homily. Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.com