{"id":9508,"date":"2022-08-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=9508"},"modified":"2022-08-04T07:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:44:14","slug":"knowing-where-to-look-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/knowing-where-to-look-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Where to Look!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Knowing Where to Look! 8\/15\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=2yjin-128d941-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was ordained a priest 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>\u00a0There 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. Seven years ago&nbsp;<em>National Geographic Magazine<\/em>&nbsp;named Mary<strong>&nbsp;The Most Powerful Woman in the World<\/strong>. Mary has appeared at Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, Medjugorje and other places.&nbsp;<strong><em>None of this was her doing. Mary was chosen by God to be God\u2019s instrument.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked back in her life<\/strong>&nbsp;<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.&nbsp;<strong><em>Our&nbsp;<\/em><em>God is a God of Surprises.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked inward<\/strong>&nbsp;and she kept exclaiming:&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cGod has done such great things for me.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked forward<\/strong>&nbsp;to raising Jesus, his public life, his death and Resurrection. God had many surprises in store for her throughout her life that&nbsp;<em>she lovingly accepted<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary looked upward<\/strong>&nbsp;on a continuing basis and connected with God.&nbsp;<em>Mary gave God her address and the Angel Gabriel easily found her.&nbsp;<\/em>We could well do the same as Mary.&nbsp;<\/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.\u201d<\/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>How are YOU working WITH God in YOUR life today?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOMETIMES GOD MOVES MOUNTAINS AND SOMETIMES GOD SAYS, \u201cTAKE ANOTHER LAP!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was ordained a priest in 1969. My first assignment was in Northbrook, Illinois. 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