Ahuv Sheli

23 December 2019 " Together we fall in love with God and together we surrender to God’s purposes." ~Bishop Robert Barron~ -------    On our third day in the Holy Land, I woke up with a very bright smile on my face. It was our flock's turn to animate the liturgy for the couples who will be renewing their marriage vows. We prepared the songs over dinner and I downloaded several others as Mass fillers. The wedding theme thrilled me endlessly [til the end of the day]…  The moment we stepped at Cana, I  was caught by our pilgrim guides' surprise ... a part of the wedding celebration is a reception afterwards at the winery nearby. Kafr Cana  The Shrine of Our Lord's First Miracle at the Wedding in Cana of Galilee We had five couples who renewed their wedding vows. My parents had theirs here in 2017. I felt blessed to visit churches under the custody of the Franciscans. The first ones were the Basilica of the Annunciation and the

Listening to God's voice is always an invitation to an adventure ...   ...to move from our own buffered selves [little soul] to an infinitely wider space [great soul]   ...beyond what we can aspire to or imagine ."  ~ Bishop Robert Barron, 8 March 2020 homily ~ Early morning on the 22nd of December 2019, we went out to the Sea of Galilee and sailed on a boat.  I remembered heeding to the same call  of adventure twenty-two years ago... I felt free and unfree at the same time. I celebrated my independence from my family in this pilgrimage and yet was called to join  a bigger family with my co-pilgrims.  It was never a solitary affair ... not an exclusive cruise for me and Jesus but a journey 'to be with' the  people God called together for a purpose... God took my hand and was led to sing, dance, meditate on the Gospel readings that we had.  It was a call   to ' break free ' from what was familiar... the s