We are called to Lead By Following Jesus! 

(1^st of three parts)

1. You have heard the expression, “Actions speak louder than Words!”  There is much truth in that statement. 

St. Francis Assisi, in his rule for the Franscians stated, a similar idea, that “All the Friars … should preach by their deeds.”    (Rule of 1221, Chapter XII)

St. Francis de Sales wrote, “Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life with fear; rather look upon them with strong hope that, as they arise, God, whose child you are, will deliver you from them.”  While St. Paul taught us that, “There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call.  There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is our all, and works through all, and is in all.”  (St. Paul Letter to the Ephesians 4:3,4)

The Christian Life is a life of Prayer, “Live Jesus” as deSales said.  We pray inside God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Our relationship with God is a bond, a covenant.

The Little Prince instructs us that to see rightly one only sees with the heart, in The Giving Tree we are reminded to keep giving, and in the story of the Rabbi’s Gift we are told that “One among you is the Lord!”

 St. John Paul II said that in the “… Incarnation we see the human face of God and the divine face of humanity.”

St. Augustine said, “You have made us for your self, Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” 

A loving relationship is the communication of feelings, the willed decision to commitment and the openness to allow the graces that God gives us to direct our lives.

DeSales taught us that “The measure of love is to love without measure.”  Easy to say, very hard to live.

May God Be Praised!