Are you a parent lottery winner ?

- August 15, 2020

I was fortunate to have been a parent lottery winner, most of my childhood friends were also winners. My cousins were lucky too, both of my parents were definitely winners. I believe my daughters were winners of the lottery.

Jesus was a parental lottery winner. The key to being a good winner is to pay homage & love back to those who helped you succeed. And then pay it forward. Did I sometimes not act respectful to Mom & Dad ? Yes, but I felt terrible & empty inside until the situation was rectified. I loved it when I shared my thanks & life with my parents & grandparents.

Randy Pausch was dying of Pancreatic cancer when he wrote The Last Lecture and included a chapter on winning the parent lottery. I smiled when I first read it.

Today is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Father Steven Reilly, LC writes this

Scattering the Proud: Proud people are generally very focused on whatever serves their best interests. So “scattering” is a perfect verb to use to indicate what happens to the proud when God goes into action. Mary rejoices in that “scattering,” but who are the proud? Maybe we don’t have to look any further than ourselves. How much we fight with that root sin of pride! Mary is happy when pride gets scattered, and the perspective we have widens. Instead of just seeing things from our myopic point of view, this scattering opens up the “thoughts of our hearts” to see others and their needs. Nothing is more Mary-like than that.