Mark 6:53-56: I can identify with Jesus–being used to the point of exhaustion. I am exhausted. People grabbing at me, expecting so much, demanding so much. There is no resentment whatsoever, it is my calling, and I am resting, and will begin again tomorrow, but the past few days–so many people expecting so much, and… Continue reading
“Giving One’s All”
February 8th, 2010 By Father River Sims
“Compassion and Solitude”
February 6th, 2010 By Father River Sims
“Compassion and Solitude”; Mark 6:30-34. “He had compassion on the crowd because they were like sheep without a shepherd. .”Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.” I have spent today moving a young man into a hotel, and doing outreach to sixty plus people. They are like “sheep without a… Continue reading
“My Rock and My Salvation”
February 4th, 2010 By Father River Sims
February 5, 2010: Ps. 18:30, 46, 49-50 “. . .blessed be my Rock and exalted be the God of my salvation.. .”The image of God as a rock is common in the Psalms; God is strong, immovable, safe and secure.This is the God in whom I put my hope. For God is the one… Continue reading
“I Do My Best”
February 4th, 2010 By Father River Sims
Mark 6:6-11: Dom Helder Camera, the Brazilian Bishop, told his catechists, who where speaking to illiterate people: “Sisters and brothers, watch how you live. Your lives may be the only gospel your listeners will ever read.” I have spent the day sending out the newsletter, seeing 65 people on the street, spending four hours with… Continue reading