[Sundaycommunity] Thanks

[Roberto J.]

Definitely, not a better way to show that Faith is a verb…
Roberto

On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 09:45 Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Thank you Fr. Paul! Your beautiful reflection on the stars being hidden by
> the fog reminded me of a story I heard a long time ago about an oblate
> priest working in northern Canada. I am including it below… I have used
> this story many times with visiting groups of Canadian high school
> students. A very blessed and happy Christmas to you and to the entire
> Spiritan Community… and to all who find a spiritual home in the Sunday
> Community as well!
>
> Dean.
>
> René Fumoleau served first as an Oblata priest (and eventually
> incardinated into the Diocese of Mackenzie) in Northern Canada where he
> lived for more than sixty years. Fumoleau was also a poet and published a
> collection of his works reflecting on all he had learned during his time
> among the Dene people.
>
> Truck lights.
>
> Winter time and very cold,
> early afternoon but already dark.
>
> I’m driving from Yellowknife to Fort Rae in my 15 year old pick-up truck,
>
> and a Dene elder asked me for a ride.
>
> The land has taught the Dene
>
> to live in a world of silence.
>
> After ten kilometres, Kolchia reflects:
>
> “Driving the truck is like having faith in God.”
>
> I’m trying to figure out what he means, but, after two kilometres I give
> up:
>
> “Grandpa, you talked about driving and faith in God.
>
> I’m not sure what you meant.”
>
> Kolchia turned slightly towards me:
>
> “You started the engine and you put the lights on. We could have said:
>
> ‘We see only one hundred metres ahead.
>
> Further on, it’s one hundred kilometres of darkness, so we cannot go to
> Fort Rae.’
>
> But you got the truck in gear,
>
> we started to move,
>
> and the lights kept showing ahead of us.
>
> Must be the way with God too
>
> who shows us only a bit of the future,
>
> just enough for our next move.
>
> If we are afraid and if we stand still,
>
> we’ll never see further ahead.
>
> But if we go with the little light we have,
>
> the light keeps showing us the way on and on.”
>
> “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not
> seen.” …
>
> On Dec 24, 2023, at 11:49 PM, Paul M via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
> I just went outside briefly and can’t see any  stars at all because the
> fog moved into my backyard. It is so still And beautiful. I thought it was
> a little metaphor for life, we want so much to see stars, but the fog is
> hiding them, and yet we know they’re there. Even in the fog of life, we can
> trust God is there.
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