October 16, 2024 Reflection – Like a tree planted near running water…

Like a tree planted near running water…

October 16, 2024
St. Hedwig

Dear Family of Mary!

The Psalm Reading for Mass today is so beautiful and simple:

Psalm 1
Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
But delights in the law of the Lord
and meditates on his law day and night.

He is like a tree planted near running water,
that yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.

Not so the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
for the Lord watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.

This image of a tree is so beautiful. God compares a tree in its growth to our souls in their growth. It is a good way to think of our souls. As I said yesterday, we must spend time each day in prayer, tending to our inner self and getting to know our soul. This kind of prayer is really a lot like watering the tree. This kind of prayer feeds and waters our soul, making it grow into a mighty tree that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves never fade!

Our Lady spoke about it this way:

April 25, 1987 

“Dear children!
Today also I am calling you to prayer.

You know, dear children,
that God grants special graces in prayer.

Therefore, seek and pray
in order that you may be able to comprehend
all that I am giving here.

I call you, dear children, to prayer with the heart.

You know that without prayer you cannot comprehend
all that God is planning through each one of you.

Therefore, pray!

I desire that through each one of you
God’s plan may be fulfilled,
that all which God has planted in your heart
may keep on growing.

So pray
that God’s blessing may protect each one of you
from all the evil that is threatening you.

I bless you, dear children…
Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Let’s pray and pray and pray, so that all that God has planted in our hearts may keep on growing!!!

In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV