Thoughts For the 20th Sunday after Pentecost
The 20th Sunday after Pentecost arrives as we work our way through the fall. It arrived less than a month ago and will take us up to Christmas. With that happy thought, we return to our mini-series on The Sense of Providence. We'll see how much of our emotional responses to events are manifestations of ego. But those of us who think we're less subject to emotion, who struggle to allow our reason room to run, will find the same "ego" behind a lot of our thought. And with our understanding of "self's (ego) role in our responses to so much of what we encounter, we'll not become discouraged. Father Vann provides a way to change our ego-driven responses with our deeper understanding of God's Providence. We'll see how "Thy Will be done," when fully understood, when expressed in a sincere manner, rather than as a rote response or the mouthing of words in a prayer can become our "go to" when events hit us where we don't want to b...