It is now 9:15 p.m. on this Saturday evening and where you are Thomas it is Sunday morning and you are at Mass at this moment I presume.Today is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary time.Today our Brother Jesus "resolutely determines to journey to Jerusalem". He uses his own human freedom to follow the path tht leads to his death."You and I are also called to this freedom. For freedom Jesus has set us free".Freedom is the experience of the deepest truth of ourselves; it is the capacity to confront our own destiny; it is the capacity for our own happiness.Freedom is humble, passionate, total dedication to God in our own daily life. It is our freedom that Jesus appeals when he says to us "Follow me" as he follows his own human freedom all the way to the fulfillment of his Father's will.It is silent now in my room although I can still hear cars and trucks on the highway just outside the garden of our yard. Silence is a very special gift, a time to pause and to reflect and this is the purpose of Sunday to take time to rest and to reflect and to listen to what God has to say in the silence of your heart.
You are certainly following in the footsteps of St. Francis in taking care of the needs of your friend the Doctor and also his wife.
Have a nice Sunday, Tom.
your brother,
Frank
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