On my way to church for Mass this morning, I drove past a field covered with pumpkins, letting me know that Halloween is coming up on the last day of this month. My thoughts are when we are young and physically fit, we just go ahead and do whatever we'd like to do, such as getting ready to sell pumpkins for Halloween, without seeking any guidance from the Lord. We live like this until we grow old and can't do much physical work anymore. Then we realize that we need to depend on God more, but find it now hard to let him take control of our lives. Today is the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, my beloved model saint. The entrance antiphon was based on Deuteronomy 32: 10-12: "The Lord led her and taught her, and kept her as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle spreading its wings he took her up and bore her on his shoulders. The Lord alone was her guide." It's beautiful to let God alone be our guide. But if we wait around too long, we may not be able to achieve that goal!
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