Jack’s Winning Words 10/25/21 “Every visible and invisible creature can be called a theophany, that is an appearance of the Divine.” (John Scotus Eringena)   In case you’re wondering, a theophany is an appearance of God to mankind.  I see God in the birds and bees…and changing of the seasons.  I see God in a doctor I can trust.   When we’ve lived long enough, we’re able to see that Divine is not only omnipotent, omniscient… but that He is also omnipresent.  God is all around us.  However I have a hard time seeing Him in that mosquito that buzzes when I’m trying to go to sleep.  Where have you see God lately?  ;-)  Jack FROM WILMAR REV:  "I've seen and felt Him manifested in my heart now for many of years!?!?' 0;-)===JACK:  Are "those" the words of one of your choruses?  You don"t hear the word "fettered" much anymore.  It's been replaced by "handcuffed."===REV:  Sounds like one…actually thinking of Nicodemus and his conversation with Christ and the wind of His Spirit…feel it but cannot see it?! 0;-) ===JACK:  "Every time I feel the Spirit et."  Sing it, Rev! FROM DR J:  How’s this theophany… shared by a friend this very morning!  Puffer Fish Skeleton!  Miraculous I think!===JACK:  I think that the puffer fish has morphed into a politician with orange hair. FROM ST PAUL IN ST PAUL:  i read the other day that bees have to visit 2 million flowers to make one lb. of honey.   such amazing creatures.  they also pollinate about 40% of our food supply.  as for mosquitos,   we think we can now sterilize the males but what might that do to the food chain for other insects that feed on mosquitoes?   it would likely eradicate malaria but nature does have a very fine balance.===JACK:  I say, "Be careful when it comes to tinkering with the food chain."  Having said that...I'm thankful for vaccines and othe medicines that have been developed. FROM  SR IN SJ:  EVERYWHERE: a little child gazing at the organist as she played the postlude at Mass, your Winning Words, our auto mechanic who received my questions so lovingly, a group of our Bennies presenting their concert, the sunshine, the falling leaves, a little chipmunk, being able to send a Word document to S.Kerry, a rescheduling of a meeting, a breeze carrying a yellow leaf to earth, finding something I had lost, the help of another sister in doing my job. . .the pain I feel this a.m., an email forwarded to me, too . . . . do you wish for more, my friend??? the day has just begun. . .I expect many more encounters !@! Peace and joy,===JACK:  The young man who served us coneys and fries this noon with a smile.  He looked Middle-Eastern.  Could he have been Jesus?  FROM BLAZING OAKS:  In Covid vaccines and boosters! As you say;, God is everywhere, all about us if we are aware...!  So much about nature, and our world is really miraculously engineered!! ===JACK:  Since it's so close to Halloween, some look at the Covid vaccine and see it as a "false face."