Monday of the first week or Ordinary Time
Respect One Another
Richard Rohr

We could all learn something from the rule of reverence for married folks found in 1 Peter 3:7 (JB):  "Husbands must always treat their wives with consideration in their life together, respecting a woman as one who, though she may be the weaker partner"--he was a man of his times--"is equally an heir to the life of grace. This will stop anything from coming in the way of your prayers."

It's hard to respect one another and to communicate reverence.  But we only believe in our worth through the eyes of people who treat us with respect. The word re-spect means to look at again.  Married partners owe that to one another. Don't let your relationship enter into a lot of negative humor, quick sarcasm and put-downs--the stupid way the world talks at cocktail parties.

God has called us to a life of reverence and respect. Through our reverence we become messengers of God for one another. We look at one another again through new eyes.

Reflection
I love to get in to the origin of words.
It's always a revelation to discover
how words came to be and to get a fresh insight into them.
I never thought about re-spect- as to look at again.
One of Core Values of Resurrection Health Care is respect.
It's time for me to take look again at how this value is presented to
our employees and our call to grow in respect and reverence each other
and all those we serve. crsr