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-------------- What does obedience mean to you? Being obedient means listening to authority, following directions, or abiding by an order that was given. In my life I am obedient to my employer because it’s respectful and it shows that I am using compliance with my role and the agreements I made when I first started working again. Today we celebrate Saint Padre Pio, who walked the path of truth and obedience. I have at some point been unable to take steps towards God, I have feared rejection, exclusion and never being enough or worthy to be in his presence. However, I feel as though God has guided me forward by communicating with me in my dreams, through his words, and through the people I love, my family and my friends. St. Padre Pio had many spiritual children and he counseled them to be like little children Matthew 18:3, Then he said, ‘I tell you solemnly, unless you; change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.’ There have been times in my life where I want an answer, I must know what is going to happen and when I approach God I am not approaching as a little child, I am approaching as an annoyed woman who is impatient. But there are times I go to God and surrender because who else has the message of eternal life? Who else knows the plans for my life? Is there anyone who is holier? My soul is thirsty and clings to God, I love God with all my heart even if I don’t understand and distance myself. |
A part of Saint Padre Pio’s mantra is prayer, hope and don’t worry. This is something I need to say often to myself. I do believe in prayer, I believe it can change our
situations, our lives within ourselves or in the world. However, I do complain instead of accepting my crosses in life with joy not like Saint Padre Pio who constantly suffered physical torture and who once told his disciples that suffering is a special sign of God’s love. We get caught up in our daily affairs, our pain and we are stuck in our prison that we forget to live, to feed our souls with nourishment with daily bread from God who has a room for us, and in him we will find peace because in the world we have trouble, but we must remain brave and strong for Jesus conquered the world and so can we John 16:33. “In God alone is my soul at rest.” Psalm 61:2 The Feast Day -------------- Written and created by Katie Robinson |
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