1.24.11

I received the quotation for the repair – in this case, the extension of my room – of the house in Augustus: P374,000.00
The quotation is a positive step.
I look at it now and ask: Can I do it? Will I do it? Should I do it?
I still do not have the answer.
I turned back on my January 1 wish list.
I want to do it.
But…
But…
But…
(There must be something positive that will come out if I remain patient a bit more…?)

Wish List #4
Just might happen this first quarter and then again in summer.
The Lord willing, I hope to be able to visit Australia.

The lesson at today’s BS was The Fifth Commandment.
Honor your father and your mother.
I think it was one of the most emotional studies we’ve had.
At Mega, most were quiet. At Jo-es, a few were in tears.
There must be something about parents that touches and warms the heart.
But why is my heart so cold?

I pray that God’s love will sustain what personal love I cannot draw out.
One can only withdraw what is deposited.
One cannot give what one has not received.
One can only understand.
One can only honor so much.

Film of the Week: Frozen
Eeeeeeeeeekkkkkkk!!!!
It’s a movie about stupid people’s stupid choices.
It’s a movie about stupid people’s bad luck.
It’s a movie about stupid people dying on ski slopes by falling off a ski lift and being eaten by wolves.
It’s a movie that makes you squirm.
It’s a movie that reminds me of another movie about stupid people’s bad luck.
The movie was Open Water.
Yes, that one where the stupid people got eaten by sharks.


REFLECTIONS
Exodus 29-31

The Consecration of the Priests
I remember Fr. Ralph Roberts and how close we were and how suddenly, I thought of priests as no better than any average human.
Priests are us.
We are priests.
If only because we should be conduits between God and man –
and the consecration it requires to be and do the part?
Wow!
It is difficult to be both the representative of God and being your own devil.


Exodus 30:11-12
Then the LORD said to Moses, “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them…”

Thank you, Jesus, for paying this ransom for me, effectively releasing me from the clutches of my worst enemy: the evil in me.


Exodus 31:12-13
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy…”

Thank you, Tatay, for my day of rest.
And really I am grateful that my day of rest is a day accounted to you.
I am jealous of my first day of the week which happens to be Tuesday.
In it, I need, want, must do ALL the work that will hinder me from my Mondays.