Sharing some thoughts

S. I. McMillen, in his book   None of These Diseases , tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the application blank that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and returned the application, expecting the worst.  To her surprise, she received this letter from the college: "Dear Applicant: A study of the application forms reveals that this year our college will have 1,452 new leaders. We are accepting you because we feel it is imperative that they have at least one follower." In today’s readings we receive an invitation again to be followers of Jesus and to consider what that really means… And we do it with the help of the day in the church calendar on which we celebrate Michael and All Angels… It’s not the easiest of Feast Days to think about. What we know about Michael is that he is considered to be the Chief Archangel – this great messe...

from Helen Today is a feast day, it is the feast of St.Michael and all angels. I have to say for exciting feast days today is the day. Last week Robert and I discussed me arriving with a sword and dressing up like the Archangel Michael, who was in a battle that we heard about in our reading from Revelation (12:7-12). This battle was a battle in heaven that was part of the vision that the apostle John had of heaven which he wrote down. Today is a day then when we could think about the almighty battle that was between good and evil. The moment when good won the day. The passage describes for us in the most amazing language and picture, which could be a film, the time when through the death and resurrection of Jesus, good won. There would be life eternal and this life eternal means that we can all have a part of this. There are times when things seem so good we can never imagine that there could be anything bad. We all believe and know that God has won but sometimes it is so ...