Pentecost and "The Courage of Our Convictions"

    Life happens....good things ....bad things...sometimes we have no choice or power over what is happening  to us.  I had  no decision making authority or power when three important people in my life died. Therefore, I had to accept my niece's death and my parents' deaths.  The Serenity Prayer was helpful at that time to "accept the things I could not change".  I had to adjust to my loss.  I did, but I will never forget them and they are remembered daily.

But, then there come times in our lives- "forks in the road"-  at which we do have the authority, we do have power over a situation.  And we must act.  The gift store at the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Linwood, NJ  has a Serenity Prayer card that has a different ending to the Serenity prayer. It states: "And, Lord, help me to do what is right, even if I think it is hopeless."