new life

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Yesterday I had the good pleasure of visiting a hospital not because someone was ill, but because someone was just beginning! Michael Andrew Rembisz was born yesterday morning to Mark and Anne, and Alex is a proud older brother.

This comes just after the birth of Fr. Bill and Judith Calhoun's granddaughter, Olivia. Bill snapped an amazing picture of Olivia grasping her mother's finger. It was only after he took the picture, that he noticed the positioning of mom's ring, providing the perfect caption: "FAITH."

Faith, Belief, and Trust all come from the same Greek word "pistis."  The Faith-Belief-Trust of an infant in her mother must be one of the purest. For a newborn, what else is there?

Last week, I also got to see a picture of another grandchild, the Schlechten's 4 month old, Annibelle (in the knit cap and pink jammies.) All these babies. All this life. In a season of thanksgiving, it's an easy time to give thanks for these new little lives, the hope they bring, and the Faith-Belief-Trust they incarnate. Opportunities to love abound!

Laura, my wife, commented to Anne, "You know this isn't just your baby, right? This is Trinity's baby." So, we can't wait to welcome home Michael Andrew, and eventually baptize him, and celebrate a new life of Faith-Belief-Trust. And we hope that our new grandchildren can come visit soon, too!

 

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