Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles

I’m feeling a little sad as I write this reflection. It’s the memorial of the day of my birth and I find myself missing my parents. I was spoiled to have my dad in my life for seven decades! We were very close in thinking and disposition. He loved me and I loved him. I miss our conversations!

Everyone reading this blog has lost someone they loved. We have many options for handling our grief. I think the healthiest way is live through it, knowing it gets better each day. But know there will be days when the grief will come back and our eyes will water.

In these Easter days I can easily identify with the apostles locked in a room and grieving. But that isn’t the message Jesus gave us after the Resurrection. We know that death is not the end!

“I am the way and the truth and the life.”  Take a deep breath. God will show us the way, if we surrender to the way and the truth and the life.

So today I choose to give thanks for my parents who nourished my faith in Jesus and for all my friends who continue to witness to the Resurrection! God is soooo good!!