20 things I did today..........

My friend Don Brennan often sends me 20 things he did today. I find them very meaninful.

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From: Don Brennan <finnegan@wideopenwest.com>
To: dan phillips <brodanphillips@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 09:34:10 CDT
Subject: 20 things I did today..........

Carried a cross that someone dear hurled at me...drove to a beautiful park near the border, USA. and Canada....kindness to a stranger...asked for God to help me...'Standin in the need of prayer...Read Scripture...Wrote a journal entry about NOT listening to God...got wife's check cashed for her...bought her favorite candy...had a load of hate dumped on me (The servant is not above the Master).....made small talk with a stranger to show Chist's love without even saying  Jesus aloud...wrote to son, offered help with landscape work...started holly plands that now have lots of berries, promises.......went to Blessed Sacrament to honor Him Who loves us beyond any merit of ours...sent a prayer to 'Share a Prayer York UK...got more anger dumped on me, good to suffer a little something for Him who bore our sins...more anger dumped on me (My day I guess)....Read paper, lots of cheery stuff there and I wonder why I buy it...Copied some cheerful polka for a man (neighbor) who is in depression...Went to bed after a prayer before the San Damiano  cruucifix that speaks to me of Francis and  his love of the Lord Crucified, He paid a debt  merciful  care with me everywhere.  (Put anyone to sleep???)  Don Brennan  Warren MI

New week

Messy morning. Rain. Trees sway. Dark sky. Feel out of sorts. Preparing for Italy next week. A small moleskine journal is all I will take. Filling it with useful information. Maps, places to visit, travel thoughts, phone numbers, hotels where we are staying. Trying to simplify the journey. Looking forward to seeing the churches. Reliving the journeys the saints have travelled. Yes, it will be a pilgrimage. New roads. Beds. Canals. Steeples. Paintings. People on every corner. Lights. Another day.

A Friday Psalm

Psalm 104

I have given the sky, the wind, the rain to you. See the wonder about you. Enjoy the silence, the coffee, my presence.

I am your foundation, your strength. I see the needs of your friends. I provide bread. I cover their tears. I embrace those I love. I bring joy and music to those I love.

Bring forth love to all you meet. Be ready to uplift with words, with actions. My work of grace will be with you. I am the guardian, the shepherd of your soul. Be alive in me. You are forgiven. I will fill you with the abundance of my presence. What you seek you will find. I will point the way. Be silent. Listen!

The Father

Easter 2012.doc

Enclosed is easter thoughts.