The noun, rumination means a dep considered though about something.

Sometime within the last week or so, I was at Holy Martyrs Church early in the morning saying my morning prayers. It was one of those days when it was very foggy outside and you could barely see a quarter of mile or so. As I sat in the pew, I was fascinated by the fact that you could not see outside every window in the church except one on the right (West side).

Outside that one window that was not affected by the fog is a beautiful tree. It was beautifully surrounded by the fog yet not obstructed by it.

I said to myself “Isn’t that like the Tree of Life.  Isn’t that like Jesus?”

Life has a way of making everything seem cloudy at times. Things seem to be happening that we would not have imagined 10 years ago. There is a war in Ukraine, growing random violence, a more brutal impact of climate change than was predicted, diseases surfacing that were not present a few years ago. What we saw as a clear path is now less clear.

Despite all of this, there is always one clear way through Whom we will be ok, our Way, Truth and Life; our loving Jesus. He makes straight our path into the unknown. He makes all we face less obscure. Turning to Jesus’ Scared Heart we find the path that leads us to peace.

Thank you, dear Jesus!

By Deacon Tom Gryzbek