HE AND I " If only you spoke to Me as often as the blackbird you hear singing from four o'clock in the morning to ten in the evening without a break."

This picture found in the leaves of a Jerusalem Bible used in the Oratory of the monks.

 HE AND i -Gabrielle B. 1946

July 5 -  He came.

 "Why should you doubt? You were deeply stirred when you saw Me there on your little table. My loving-kindness could go as far as that. Has anyone ever measured the goodness of God?

Won’t you praise this goodness by trying to imitate it? Draw power from it often and ever so simply. If only you spoke to Me as often as the blackbird you hear singing from four o'clock in the morning to ten in the evening without a break. Sometimes he warbles sotto voce, but his pure voice never ceases to rise. And he's only a bird... And little children prattle constantly to their parents, don't they? - without any reason, just for the pleasure of feeling near them.

You, child, shouldn't you speak unceasingly to My loving-kindness, if only to be close to it. It would enrich you more than you ever suspect. Talk to it just for the pleasure of greeting it. Never mind if you don't have a reason. Ask Me to make My loving-kindness known to others through you. O don't lose a single opportunity of being the representative of God's goodness, even if it be only by a gesture. Think about this. Ask Me to help you to think about it; ask Me very simply, your lips to My ear."

Daily Gospel & Reflection, Monday, October 1. 2012

Abel at Gospel Today, 365 Days with the Lord Jesus - 6 hours ago

St. Therese of the Child Jesus Job 1:16-22, 1st Reading Psalm 17 Luke 9:46-50 Call to Worship Song The Servant Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wMO5KxeAI Entrance Antiphon The Lord nurtured and taught her; he guarded her as the apple of his eye. As the eagle spreads its wings to carry its young, he bore her on his shoulders. The Lord alone was her teacher. (Deuteronomy 30: