July 7. Dreams.  Some of the elderly women and men had experienced meaningful dreams over the years and this was  considered good and even important in their culture, although they could not always find a way to interpret them.  Are they messages from ancestors, from God or some special intercessor?  The group asked Fr Vusi to share his understanding with them about the whole issue of dreams in the Bible and in their lives. 

Scripture: Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.  And the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord the God of Abraham and Isaac. I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land.  Read the whole story in Genesis 28. Pope Francis. Knowing and judging past events is the only way to build a meaningful future.  Memory is necessary for growth. AL 193.   How important it is to dream together.  By ourselves, we risk seeing mirages, things that are not there.  Dreams are built together.  Let us dream as a single human family, as fellow travelers sharing the same flesh, as children of the same earth which is our common home.  FT 8. JUBILEE. 25. In our journey towards the Jubilee, let us return to Scripture and realize that it speaks to us in these words: “May we who have taken refuge in him be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.   Act and pray. For the needs of families, especially grandparents and the elderly.

GROWING OLD
Why does my foot move so slowly?
Why is my hand one big scar?
Why do my eyes seem to run all the time
And why can I see just so far?
Is it dear Lord that I’m just slowing down
As I get closer to you
And I carry the weight of my life on my heart,
And I’m ready to be, not to do?
Help me to know that “just being” is good,
For me and the others I meet.
I can show them and teach them the lessons of life
While they help keep me on my feet.