Friday – 27th Week in Ordinary Time

Gospel – Luke 11:15-26

Inner Demons

Church of St. Joseph, Nazareth

Let’s face it – we all have our inner demons – stress with illness, finances, relationships, the world – and sometimes all of them at once..  At times it has drawn out of us our worst fears and our basest instincts.  We’ve been demoralized and despondent; we’ve felt abandoned and afraid for ourselves and our loved ones.  Sometimes we have bottled up all those difficult emotions inside ourselves trying to be strong for ourselves and our family.  Other times we let those demons out and we bang our heads and our fists against the wall in anger and frustration. 

And then there are the times when we feel the presence of the divine, the Spirit spreading His wings over us to protect us.  There are those days that we felt uplifted.  Those times when we looked back and realized we could not have survived the day without the grace of God. 

We hear it in today’s Gospel.  It is not by Satan that Jesus drives out demons; it is by the power of God.  It is the “finger of God” that dispels our fears and anxieties.  And it is our faith in God that centers us and brings us through to a new day.

So count your blessings every day
It makes the monsters go away
And everything will be okay
You are not alone
You are right at home


 

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