One of my favorite lines of Jesus in the popular series “The Chosen” is when he looks at his puzzled disciples and says, “Get used to different.” He has dinner with sinners; asks a tax collector to follow him; and speaks with foreigners disdained by his disciples due to ancestral feuds.
Upkeep seems endless sometimes with a home and a yard. Yet I’m grateful to be able to take care of them. This time of year, the rakes, blower, hedge-trimmer and pruning shears are active before the cold and snow really sets in.
With November’s arrival comes All Saints’ Day — a holy day of obligation — to celebrate the saints in heaven we want to be with, to eventually join those holy men and women who teach us by their example how to live and act according to God’s will.
The most holy rosary takes me on a journey through the Gospel story where the Blessed Mother’s example of holiness is always challenging me to step it up — bringing me closer to Jesus.