Lord,
as daylight slowly permeates
the sky,
send Your light to
guide us.
Fill our lives with
Your grace so we mirror Your love,
grant us Your wisdom and
care,
to help us on our
way.
We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and
ever. [Dcn. Kelly]
– Amen.
“… Pope John XXIII (now Saint) observed: ‘We are not on
earth to look after a museum, but to take care of a garden in bloom.’” [Embers in the
Ashes, p. 10]
We are called to live in the garden of Christ. We are responsible to be hospitable to those
who visit the garden of Christ, especially the garden of His Church!
We are responsible to offer cups of cold water, i.e. acts of
kindness to those who enter and those we should invite to join us. We are responsible to live our lives for
Jesus Christ into whose life, death & resurrection we are baptized! Hospitality is the root of community, in
particular, Christian community. Hospitality
touches the soul.
The
Gospel is a wake-up call to what is important in life! Maybe this story can help shed light on
important things in life. “The company
threw a lavish dinner to honor its CEO upon his retirement…. At the … dinner, the CEO addressed his
remarks to the company’s young executives: ‘I know you all want my job. Let me tell you how to get it.
Last
week my daughter was married, & as I walked her down the aisle, I realized
I did not know the name of her best friend, or the last book she read, or her
favorite color. That’s the price I paid
for this job. If you want to pay that
price, you can have it.” (Table Talk,
Cycle A, p.155)
In
our ever increasingly secular culture those who put God 1st are and
will be ridiculed, mocked and ignored. That
CEO reflects Secular Values: me first, who needs God! Jesus calls us to an ever-deeper relationship
with Him; He should be # 1 in everything we say or do!
Andrew
Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart & Don Black wrote, Love Changes Everything:
“Love, love changes everything
Hands & faces, earth & sky
Love, love changes everything
How you live & how you die
Love, love changes everything
Days are longer, words mean more
Love, love changes everything
Pain is deeper than before
Love will never, never let you be the same!”
When you fall in love with God, you will never be the same.
May God Be Praised!
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