Experiencing God Together

We have learned to experience God. For sure it’s in praying for each other…Going off alone with God as Jesus does in many of the scriptures or during our silent spiritual whispers with God we have 20 times a day…but, it is also in responding with our physical senses throughout the day, recognizing that God is speaking to us…our faith grows and we come to know that He is with us always. Each day we have moments of grace when we might behold His glory and hear a voice proclaiming His identity. But we need eyes of faith and ears that are open to Him.  Having a close family relationship with a Haitian parish based on the love of God definitely gives us perspective on the challenges both of us are facing.

We experience God in the richness and in the limits of our lives: In the love of each other, in supporting ministries like HaitiReach, in the quarterly support we give Our Lady of Fatima, in our visits to Haiti and their visits here, in the Covid-19 Preventative Response program, in the hope that the Agriculture Program gives families in Bassin-Zim…you get the idea…God’s presence is tangible and the faith of people in both our communities grows. 

 We also can experience His Grace in the limitations of life as well: we see the fragile nature of life in Haiti, and sometimes it is not so different than life here: of the vulnerable, in illness, in death, in failure, or even in loneliness being separated from loved ones in a Pandemic… Only Jesus can transform our pain into blessings...invariably that happens when we care for each other.   

We really will never know when God will choose to reveal a glimpse of His divine glory, but rest assured if we are alive with faith and use our 5 senses, God can be found in our ordinary lives.