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You Are Known: Reflections of a Roman Catholic Woman Priest

Welcome to 2025! It is amazing to me that we are a quarter of the way through the 21st Century. The world has changed a million times over since my birth and there is more and more to be amazed by, and to wonder at. Yet as I wend my way through this first month of 2025 nothing amazes me as much as God’s abiding love for me, and for each and every one of us!! Moreover this great love is based on intimate knowledge of us. We are known and loved! Deeply, deeply and fully-God loves us!

We may sometimes say to a friend who pays us a compliment – “If you REALLY KNEW ME, YOU WOULD NOT FEEL THAT WAY”. This may come from humility or good self knowledge yet it is an attempt at an honest repsonse. But today, I want you to know that the Loving God who DOES REALLY KNOW YOU LOVES YOU! No matter what- we ARE KNOWN AND WE ARE LOVED!

AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN AMAZEMENT AND GRATITUDE FOR GOD’S AMAZING LOVE!

The Psalmist captures this so beautifully:

“OH LORD, (Yahweh) You’ve searched me,

and you know me.

You know when I am standing or sitting,

You read my thoughts from far away…

You created my inmost being

and stitched me together in my mother’s womb…..

For all these mysteries I thank you–

For the miracle of myself,

for the wonder of your works–

my soul knows it well…” PSALM 139:1-2 and 13-14

LET US SAY Thanks!

AND SO I WANT TO BEGIN THIS NEW YEAR saying a heart felt THANK YOU-

THANK YOU BELOVED GOD FOR KNOWING ME, FOR KNOWING US- AND FOR LOVING US!

WE ARE SO BLESSED!!!!!!!!. NO MATTER WHATEVER or WHOMEVER WE ENJOY OR LOVE- OR WHATEVER ELSE HAPPENS-GOOD OR BAD- OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN-WE ARE LOVED.

OH MY-THANK YOU GOD!!

Bless you abundantly in this new year !