41 cloudy NE@6mph SR0719 SS1803
Morning Offering given
Artha B&B in Lanark is quiet and restful
Cofffee brewing… fresh ground beans
Antonio Cardinal Bacci (Meditations for Each Day pg 422) has an interesting comment in today’s reading “We are under an obligation to work, because work is the result of, and the punishment for, sin, It enables us to co-operate with God in His work of creation and has been ennobled and sanctified by Jesus Christ.” Quite the thought isn’t it? I am obligated to work. I wonder how many of today’s young or not so young know/feel this obligation? I know for certain I have felt this obligation from early on in my childhood. An obligation first to God to use the talents and treasure he has entrusted to me and an obligation to my family to joyfully do what is necessary to keep the family. I did not always succeed in meeting my obligations and now I still fail at times.
I remember hearing these words from my G’ma “we don’t wash the dishes because someone told us. We wash the dishes because we love and care for the person who will use them next.” A form of this quote is attributed to Mother Teresa. I have no clue if that is true or not, but I do know my G’ma said it to me. I doubt she had ever given Mother Teresa a thought as she was protestant. I’ve also come across someone who said to her children “wash the plate” meaning clean up after yourself.
This last statement brings me to confession. How does one go from dishes to confession you might ask. Confession is the spiritual side of “wash the plate”. Because you love God, you go to confession. Because you love yourself, you go to confession. Simple “WASH THE PLATE”
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 
Good afternoon
Great meditation
But remember when the men were to work
and the women gave birth in pain as our consequence ? 😉
Wash the plate=confession
So the next meal is good! ❤
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