Every morning I wake up, I am the man in the Gospel who can’t hear a thing God is saying to me or speak a Word of the Lord. How interesting that his friends brought him to Jesus to heal him. Of course, he couldn’t speak for himself. Notice that they begged Jesus to heal him. They wanted to hear this man speak his mind and heart.
For years I have gone before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament every morning to touch my ears that I may hear Him and touch my mouth so I may speak His Word to His people. My human words are just thoughts that express an opinion to be debated; God’s Word is alive and active. It is fresh. It’s like the first time, never spoken like this before. It is revealing and consoling. His Word is healing and forgiving. God knows what I need this moment and is ready to give it to me.
So, to receive that spoken Word of God, I ask Him to touch my ears that I may hear Him speak in my prayer and in everyone I am with that day. I ask Him to touch my lips that I may share His Word with others that day. Then, after listening to others and hearing what they need, I speak human words, and they hear God’s Word. It is fresh, new, healing, forgiving. How simple, but how profound.
A simple prayer for Jesus to touch our ears and our lips in prayer and with others is a blessing we pray with the priest prays before He reads the Holy Gospel at Mass: “May the Word of the Lord be on my mind, on my lips, and in my heart that I may hear and proclaim the Holy Gospel, in the Name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.”
Who needs to hear your words become God’s Word for them today?
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 26, 2024, Matthew 13: 18-23 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072624.cfm Listen and Understand. How much the
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Feast of St. James, Apostle July 25, 2024, Matthew 20:20-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072524.cfm The Scallop. The beach is a great attraction for
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 24, 2024, Matthew 13:1-9 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072424.cfm Jesus and the Draft. Drafts play a
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 23, 2024, Matthew 12:46-50 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072324.cfm A Second Mom! When I was a little
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday – 02-11-2022
Friday 5th Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Mark 7:31-37 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021122.cfm
BE OPENED!
Every morning I wake up, I am the man in the Gospel who can’t hear a thing God is saying to me or speak a Word of the Lord. How interesting that his friends brought him to Jesus to heal him. Of course, he couldn’t speak for himself. Notice that they begged Jesus to heal him. They wanted to hear this man speak his mind and heart.
For years I have gone before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament every morning to touch my ears that I may hear Him and touch my mouth so I may speak His Word to His people. My human words are just thoughts that express an opinion to be debated; God’s Word is alive and active. It is fresh. It’s like the first time, never spoken like this before. It is revealing and consoling. His Word is healing and forgiving. God knows what I need this moment and is ready to give it to me.
So, to receive that spoken Word of God, I ask Him to touch my ears that I may hear Him speak in my prayer and in everyone I am with that day. I ask Him to touch my lips that I may share His Word with others that day. Then, after listening to others and hearing what they need, I speak human words, and they hear God’s Word. It is fresh, new, healing, forgiving. How simple, but how profound.
A simple prayer for Jesus to touch our ears and our lips in prayer and with others is a blessing we pray with the priest prays before He reads the Holy Gospel at Mass: “May the Word of the Lord be on my mind, on my lips, and in my heart that I may hear and proclaim the Holy Gospel, in the Name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.”
Who needs to hear your words become God’s Word for them today?
IGNITE THE FIRE
Fr. Rick Pilger, IC
www.bscchurch.com
Related
Share:
More Posts
Friday, 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 26, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 26, 2024, Matthew 13: 18-23 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072624.cfm Listen and Understand. How much the
Feast of St. James, Apostle July 25, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Feast of St. James, Apostle July 25, 2024, Matthew 20:20-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072524.cfm The Scallop. The beach is a great attraction for
Wednesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 24, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 24, 2024, Matthew 13:1-9 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072424.cfm Jesus and the Draft. Drafts play a
Tuesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 23, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time July 23, 2024, Matthew 12:46-50 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072324.cfm A Second Mom! When I was a little
Categories
Send Us A Message