CharlesSiffermann

If you know me, please message me. I will be glad to chat, I probably miss you, I likely have thought about you, & perhaps owe you an apology. Blessings

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

I moved to Blue Sky - https://t.co/wLbY71tVH1

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

I trying to get to the point where the only tool in my toolbox to deal with others is kindness. I can see that I really don’t need anything else. Blessings for less complexity.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Since Halloween’s over, I want to remind you that if you meet somebody giving you a hard time today, it’s really just Jesus in the difficult disguise. Blessings that we don’t forget, Everybody is really just Jesus in disguise.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

I struggled this morning, telling God that I don’t want the life I am being called to. The truth is, I’m scared of it and that I don’t think I have enough faith to bear it. Blessings for more faith than you think you are capable of.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Sin is doing your version of the Will of God, not just the Will of God. Blessings for more doing, and less wanting to do, the Will of God.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

On a podcast episode, ‘The cherishing classroom with father Gregory Boyle”, Fr. Greg relayed a quote that said, “People don’t become homeless because they run out of money. They become homeless because they run out of relationships.” Blessings that you may not run out of either.

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Paraphrasing Meister Eckhardt - Even wanting to do the will of God is too much want. Blessings for a life without ‘why’.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

“There is a space between the stimulus and the response; in this space we have the choice of our response; and in this choice lies our evolution and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl “The right word may be effective, but not as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Mark Twain

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Prudence never repeats something about another whether it’s true or not. Imitation of Christ book one, chapter four. Blessings to say less.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Any part of you that doesn’t believe you are going to heaven; first is wrong, second is lying, and finally isn’t going to heaven itself. See you there, blessings.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Trying not to wreck it, but this is one of those evenings where you can just be and participate in the wonder and beauty in life. Sending some your way.

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#OTD in 1931, Anthony de Mello, SJ, an Indian #Jesuit priest, author and spiritual director, was born.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

At mass, I heard an assistant ask a student to remember to ‘genuine reflect’ before they went into the pew. Then I thought about genuflect and I looked up the word. I prefer ‘genuine reflect’ better. Blessings for new ways to hear old things.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Matthew 11:28 - “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Blessings for the things you carry.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Reflecting on Matthew 20: 1-16 about the parable of the landowner. I wonder how late in the day I have decided to work in the garden? And I hope I would be happy for those who started earlier, rather than envious that the latecomers were paid the same. Blessings to be invited.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Hope is your deep desire for things to be as great as you don’t realize they actually are. Blessings. #hope

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

An old priest used to pray before his homilies, ‘Dear God, let this homily not be a heresy; but if it is, let it be a small one that does not cause others to stumble’. Blessings for trying to describe to ineffable.

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

“What is the meaning of life?”, is not a question you ask, but rather, a question Life asks you. And you answer with your actions. paraphrase from ‘Man’s search for ultimate meaning’ by Viktor Frankl. Blessings on your ‘answer’ #life

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

Consider that Jesus teaches in parables because He wants you to find your own answers. If He has to spoon-feed you the answers, you may not believe or respect them. Blessings to seek and find God #parables

[CharlesSiffermann @CsiffermannFL]

The miracle is often in the unexpected. Blessings for unplanned things. #Miracles