Marge Fenelon

Waiting for a Love Story To Unfold For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great tenderness I will take you back. In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; but with enduring love I take pity on you, says the Lord, your redeemer. (Is 54:7-98) The story of the people of Israel … Continue reading →

Waiting from of Old Who announced this from the beginning and foretold it from of old? Was it not I, the Lord, besides whom there is no other God? There is no just and saving God but me. Turn to me and be safe, all you ends of the earth, for I am God; there is no other! (Is 45:21-22) … Continue reading →

Waiting in Obedience “Which of the two did what the father wanted?” They said, “The second.” Jesus said to them, “Let me make it clear that tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.” (Mt 21:31) Jesus told a story to the chief priests and elders about a father with two sons. The first son was … Continue reading →

Waiting with Eyes Unveiled The utterance of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, of one who sees what the Almighty sees, enraptured, and with eyes unveiled: How goodly are your tents, O Jacob; your encampments, O Israel! (Num 24: 4-5) In the 13th century B.C. a wise man from the East, Balaam, prophesied … Continue reading →

Waiting in the Desert As they were going off, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? Then what did you go out to see? Someone dressed in fine clothing? Those who wear fine clothing are in royal palaces. Then why did you … Continue reading →

Waiting to Be Set Ablaze You are destined, it is written, in time to come to put an end to wrath before the day of the Lord, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward their sons, and to re-establish the tribes of Jacob. Blessed is he who shall have seen you before he dies. (Sir 48:10-11) These words about … Continue reading →

Waiting for the Light of Life Happy the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on his law day and night. (Ps 1:1-2) The Psalmist promises that those who walk in God’s ways … Continue reading →

Waiting on the Hand of the Lord That all may see and know, observe and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it. (Is 41:20) In this chapter of Isaiah, Israel is compared to a worm or a maggot. So great is God that his people – the apple of … Continue reading →

Waiting in Weariness They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint. (Is 40:31) God promises that none of his people will grow weary and faint as long as they are running in his race. That is, as long as they are following his commandments and living in his grace. He in turn, never grows weary or … Continue reading →

Waiting in Grief Just so, it is no part of your heavenly Father’s plan that a single one of these little ones shall ever come to grief. (Mt 18:14) This is how Jesus ended his parable about the shepherd who had one hundred sheep. When one of them got lost, he left the other ninety-nine behind in order to search … Continue reading →