Proper/Propio 19B + Finding our life / Encontrar la vida + 9.15.24
M & A Campbell-Langdell All Santos Oxnard + St Paul’s Emmanuel Santa Paula (Proverbios/Prov. 1:20–33; Salmo/Ps. 19; Santiago/ James 3:1–12; San Marcos/ Mark 8:27–38) In his poem, “As Kingfishers Catch Fire,” Gerard Manley Hopkins writes: Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells; Selves—goes itself; myself it speaks and spells, Crying what I do is me: for that I came. (As quoted in Falling Upward, 1 st ed, x.) En este poema, Gerard Manley Hopkins dice que “lo que yo hago es mi esencia” – es decir que nuestro trabajo en el mundo es ver cuál es la cosa que solo nosotros podemos hacer como individuos o en comunidad. Padre Richard Rohr dice que lo que tenemos que hacer en la primera parte de la vida es encontrar esta habilidad especial en cada uno. What I do is me- each of ours is a task to find that for which we came. That special thing that each and only we can do. To seek meaning in our lives. Fr. Richa