Bird watching…
Posted by Terry Nelson on Jun 23rd, 2008
And being mindful of little things.
As I was leaving the house yesterday afternoon to go to adoration, I almost stepped upon a dead sparrow. I assumed he probably died protecting his nest in the bird box hanging in the tree branch above. My discovery seemed especially providential in as much as Sunday’s Gospel included this verse from Matthew:
“Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.” (Some translations offer, “consent“.) - Matthew 10:29
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
No one got this post - too obscure I guess.
June 24th, 2008 at 4:26 am
I have always found this verse comforting; no one is insignificant in God’s eyes.
June 24th, 2008 at 6:11 am
My dear Terry, Not too obscure, you are as much a sparrow as I…
June 24th, 2008 at 6:11 am
siquidem avis invenit domum et passer nidum sibi ubi ponat pullos suos altaria tua Domine exercituum rex meus et Deus meus
beati qui habitant in domo tua adhuc laudabunt te semper
Psalmus 83, 4 (Vulgate)