Last Day of the Third Quarter

Hello, readers!

Well, I don’t have much to report. Nothing new. I guess that is what happens with no school and waiting for work.

Friday till Tuesday morning, I was house sitting for Lou (Charlie’s dad) and took care of their blind dog, Jack. For the most part I stayed around there at night and in the morning and came back to my place during the day. So it was a low key (and cheep) weekend.

This week is homecoming week at DeLaSalle. Today was the Homecoming Liturgy, so I went over for that. It was good to catch up with some of the students and faculty over there. Hopefully, I can get some substituting jobs over there soon.

Tidbit by Thomas:

So I went to daily Mass last Friday and the Gospel reading was from the Gospel of Luke. Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter, his disciple, responds, “The Christ of God.”

The priest during his homily made an interesting point. He said all humans who have ever encountered Christianity have had to ask that question, “Who is/was Jesus?” Christians answer that he is the Christ who is fully human and fully divine. Others answer that he was a great prophet (like some Jews and Muslims). Others answer he was just a teacher or some historical guy that simply started a movement.

I kept ruminating on that thought and took it another step further. I think the next question anyone should ask themselves is, “Who do I say that I [myself] am?”

In the Gospel story, Jesus goes on tell his disciples about how he must suffer, be rejected, and ultimately killed for being the Christ. His disciples did not understand why; this was a paradox for them.

If we ask, “Who do I say that I am,” we get to look at ourselves. Am I living to my fullest potential? Am I living the life I should be? Am I doing what I should be? Am I doing what I am supposed to be doing for others [family, friends, or strangers]? You get the idea…

And, finally, the next question to ask oneself would be, “Who do others say that I am?”

The inside image/person and the outside image/person…