{"id":5879,"date":"2020-08-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2020-08-14T20:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T00:00:29","slug":"knowing-where-to-look-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/knowing-where-to-look-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Where to Look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Knowing Where to Look 8\/15\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/xqijb-e728ee?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was ordained in 1969. My first assignment was in Northbrook, Illinois. I remember quite vividly celebrating mass on August 15<sup>th<\/sup>, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the mass we set free several dozen helium balloons to symbolize Mary going up to heaven.\u00a0<em>It was a beautiful sight watching those balloons drift off into the heavens.<\/em> There was one major problem, however. Our parish was nearby to the Glenview Naval Air Station.\u00a0<em>Their radar screens went crazy with dozens of unidentified foreign objects.<\/em> And we heard about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two thousand years ago there were no radar screens as Mary went up to heaven. Five years ago\u00a0<em>National Geographic Magazine<\/em> named Mary <strong>The Most Powerful Woman in the World<\/strong>. Mary has appeared at Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, Medjugorje and other places.\u00a0<strong><em>None of this was her doing. Mary was chosen by God to be God\u2019s instrument.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked back in her life<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and saw surprises<\/em>: She wasn\u2019t even married and the Angel Gabriel told her she was going to be the mother of our Savior.\u00a0<em>God is a God of Surprises.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked inward<\/strong> and she kept exclaiming:\u00a0<em>\u201cGod has done such great things for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked forward<\/strong> to raising Jesus, his public life, his death and Resurrection. God had many surprises in store for her throughout her life that\u00a0<em>she lovingly accepted<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked upward<\/strong> on a continuing basis and connected with God.\u00a0<em>Mary gave God her address and the Angel Gabriel easily found her.\u00a0<\/em>We could well do the same as Mary.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God said to Mary what God says to us:&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cI am going to work WITH YOU, NOT FOR YOU.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can do what Mary did \u2013&nbsp;<strong><em>WORK WITH GOD\u2026.as God\u2019s instrument in our world.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please spend some time today reflecting on the words God spoke to Mary\u2026..that God also speaks to YOU: \u201cI am going to work WITH YOU, NOT FOR YOU.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please check out my new novel to see God at work in our world today &#8212;-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"THE GATHERING: Jesus and Abortion A Story For Our Time\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_SSggCeoyxUbFkl&#038;asin=B08BDSDQ5L&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was ordained in 1969. 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