Last Sunday of Summer

Today is the last Sunday of the Summer, making it a good time to ponder the seasons that our Lord has given us. As we move into the Fall of the year, I am forced to reflect on the fall of my my life. I have reached the perid in my life when changes are much more abrubt, visible and sometimes - painful. I have had two medical procedures this year, and besides the financial expense, they each created a physcial expense. I hurt deeper and longer than I used to. I can pray longer on my knees than I could when I was young, not because my knees hurt more then, but because everything else hurts more now. It is easier to remain kneeling than t is to get up. My sense of deep self-centering prayer is so much greater now. I can go to my prayer place and stay longer without the intrusion of younger thoughts and emotions. And most importantly, I find that my sense of taste is so much better now. I "taste" with the utmost enthusiastic revelation the transubstabulated presence of the Jesus.