
TASTE THE MOMENT TO It’s FULLEST!
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; Psalm 111; I Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28
Jesus sets people free. That is who Jesus is, God’s liberation in the flesh. In Mark Jesus liberates a person from demons, from a power that imprisons him, an unclean spirit that defiles him.
Demons are the emissions of the dominion of darkness. Be it in overpowering violence, or the violence of mental illness. The demon is an emission of our fears and doubts.
Last night a gentleman was naked, jabbering words, running up and down the street; a young man dies his eyes staring blank with mucus all over his face, from a drug overdose; a young lady dies hooked to machines from the coronavirus. Demons are ever-present.
There is a poem: “Dying Speech of An Old Philosopher,” which speaks to my heart:
“I strove with none,
for none was worth my strife.
Nature I loved and next to Nature, Art:
I warmed both hands before
the fire of life;
It sinks and I am ready to depart.”
Death is coming to all of us, we neither know the day nor time, all we have is the present moment. So taste the moment to its fullest. God always reveals himself/herself when we are most present.
In our prayers be present to the demons, in and within–our fears, worries, and struggles and in listening let go, making God our center, and “warm both hands before the fire of life,” and when it is time to depart, we will be ready! Taste the Moment to It’s Fullest! Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!
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Fr.RiverDamien Sims, sfw, D.Min., D.S.T.
P.O. Box 642656
San Francisco, CA 94164
We are the naked ones
clothed in Your mercy.
More safe are we
with Your smile upon us
than carrying much armour.
You are our best protection
against wild words that beguile.
You are our food, sweet to taste
and sustaining.
You are our guide
at all times.
The knee that is stiff, O Healer, make pliant.
The heart that is hard, make warm
beneath Your wing.
The soul that is drifting far into danger,
if You grasp the helm shall not die.
Oh, do not delay in washing clean
every abrasion from all infection!
Whatever is hard, soften gently with your grace.
Each wound that is working us pain,
Best of healers, make whole again.
Help us to put our trust in You
firmly.
We are the naked ones clothed in mercy.
(Andy Raine)