Feeling an Octave

Tuesday of the 9^th Week of Ordinary Time

Mark 12:13-17

Or day 3 of the Octave of Pentecost

(which we don’t celebrate anymore

but I am feeling it anyway;)

Those crafty Herodians and Pharisees!

There is some snarkiness at play.

I have taken that attitude…

leading with some false flattery

Thinking myself wise and cunning

And I have also had that done to me

False flattery thrown my way

And I bite!!!

Am I turning red?

Gaining that same calm confidence and knowing

That allows Jesus to see through to the importance of what is at stake

That is a gift of the Holy Spirit

Listening…but not with the ego

Listening to the words and the heart

This is where those Holy Spirit gifts come in handy:

Wisdom, understanding, counsel…

I need an Octave of attention on the Holy Spirit

An Octave is good

And again

Come, Holy Spirit;)