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Sunday's Gospel Reflection
 I would like to share with you an image to carry through this month of November. Be a leaf. In its season, the leaf does not worry about tomorrow — it simply gives shade. It shelters, it beautifies, it makes the world a lovelier place just by being what it was made to be. And when autumn comes, the leaf does not cling or resist or rage against the branch. It lets go — and falls gracefully.
That is prudence. That is wisdom. To serve while it is your season, and to let go when the Lord calls — leaving this world a little more peaceful, a little more lovely, a little more graceful than you found it. November has been teaching us about death all month: the falling leaves, the saints, the holy souls. Wisdom gathers all of it into one lesson — do not fear the falling. Fear only an unprepared heart. The Gospel shows us what that looks like. Ten virgins wait for the bridegroom — and notice, all ten waited, and all ten fell asleep. The difference between the wise and the foolish was not the waiting. It was the oil: the quiet, hidden, daily preparation of the heart that no one sees but God. Wisdom is the oil in the lamp. It is the prayer said when no one is watching, the kindness done without applause, the conscience kept clean one ordinary day at a time. Keep your heart aligned with God, and you will never be caught unprepared. Live with wisdom. Live prepared. Keep oil in your lamp — a heart awake, a heart aligned with God. Blessings in Christ,
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Rosary, Saturdays at 3:00 pm in the Mission garden.
