A though provoking reflection from Joe Sankovich, resigned priest in Tucson, AZ...Pat Callahan Seattle, WA
First Weekend of June
06/07 June in 2026
Virtues Applied to Daily Living/4
Our focus last week was patience. We spent a few moments laying a foundation and identifying situations where patience calls for action, yet also requires a measured response to circumstances and to the individuals involved. For me that realization came to life last Sunday morning as I sat listening to a homily on love, comparing, almost involuntarily, the love of Divinity with the ways in which human beings express and demonstrate love.
The more I listened, the more irritated and frustrated I became, feeling challenged to express a contrary message about love in a meaningful way. In some ways I was still living with my fifty year perception that I was, and perhaps still could be, a better homilist than the one to whom I was listening. And then two things happened. First, I recalled my own writing on patience and spent a few minutes thinking about how I needed to put my own words into practice. Second, I realized that if I could develop a response grounded in patience, I might be able to share my thinking in a positive way and thus make a small homiletic contribution. And that is exactly what happened.
