Reconciliation and God's Gifts

Each year, there was always some saying or teaching from Father Scott at St. Clare's that I would remember for a long time. In 2006, when I visited Canada during Fall, I remembered his sermon and key message: "What would Jesus do?"

In his New Year Eve's Mass yesterday, he ended the service talking about the show Evan Almighty. Evan asked for God to change him, but God gave him opportunities to change instead. The underlying message is that God doesn't always answer our prayers in the way we want it.

A while ago, I asked for God for the gift of reconciliation. And instead of answering my prayer in the way I expected Him to, He brought me reconciliation with someone I haven't spoked to for a decade. That cheered my heart so much, and I move to the new year with greater hope and happiness.