Last week I went to “Simple Prayer/Complicated Life,” a presentation by Father Paul Murray, OP at St. Olaf Catholic Church. I was wondering what this priest would have to say about a complicated life. I was so pleasantly surprised. He had such a humble grasp of the craziness of life. His disarming, funny and self effacing style wasn’t for show but to get his point across.
He drew heavily from the saints and mystics. Someone asked who are our current-day Mother Teresas. Father Murray believes that they are all around us. But because of our preconceived notions of who saints should be, we often don’t see them. “God hides his [sic] saints very successfully… We expect saints to be perfect all the time. So we don’t allow ourselves to recognize the radiance of Christ in others.”
I loved that he didn’t try to reduce questioning and suffering to character flaws, insufficient faith or signs of a vengeful God. “Thinking and wondering about God is part of the life of faith.”
Was ist heute auf der Fahrbahn? Spielende Kinder. (What's on the Fahrbahn today? Children playing.)
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