October is a time of deep currents. The colder air arrives. We use our fireplaces again. The leaves change and fall.
New inroads are all around us. New inroads to God, to moments with God, also emerge. Our recent 40 Hours still has much spiritual fruit to bear. We will sense this fruit emerging in small ways in which the Holy Spirit prompts our soul.
The Holy Spirit may prompt us to arrange our schedule to make time at the end of our lunch hour for prayer or to sit in a quiet church and close our eyes to think of Jesus and speak with Him in prayer.
The Holy Spirit may prompt us to pause at nighttime and kneel by the bedside to pray one of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.
The Holy Spirit may prompt us to look up the Confession schedule and go to Confession for the first time in many years.
The Holy Spirit may prompt us to take the Miraculous Medal out of the dresser drawer and wear it as a reminder of God’s provident care.
The spiritual life is not just about us finding God. It is about Him finding us. He unseals a fountain of grace that heals us and strengthens our souls.
So often we forget the depths to which we are created. We rush through the day from one thing to another, without realizing the meaning available in this very moment.
As the Holy Spirit moves within us, a change takes place and an interior conversion emerges.
This autumn, let the Holy Spirit prompt you – and let Him open a new road that leads us into His deep currents.
God bless,
Msgr. Brian Bransfield
Pastor
