Christ is counting on you, to proclaim His Gospel by your life! You are His hands, His feet, His heart, His compassion, His love, His tears, His smile.
Remind yourself of the end game, heaven, as we travel through this largely “virtual” experience. Christ loves you, not virtually but really, and your commitments today may be altered by the pandemic, but they not eliminated. You need realistic commitments, commitments consonant with your vocation, with your job, with your family and with the COVID situation that we currently find ourselves.
Jesus calls us to Truth, to Serve, to Love, that is Life in the Spirit! You need to adapt or plan to grow in holiness to your current circumstances; maybe you need to revise your plan because of the pandemic, and allow the Spirit moving you in a new or different direction.
Each one of us has a unique glimpse of God to share with the world. What a privilege! What a responsibility! Think about Mary and Martha, they responded differently to the Lord.
We should not judge people; Stephen Covey shared this story in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. “One Sunday morning on a subway in New York. People were sitting quietly — some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed. It was a calm, peaceful scene. Then suddenly, a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so loud and rambunctious that instantly the whole climate changed.
The man sat down and closed his eyes, apparently oblivious to the situation. The children were yelling back and forth, throwing things, even grabbing people’s papers. It was very disturbing. And yet, the man did nothing.
It was difficult not to feel irritated. One passenger could not believe that the man could be so insensitive and let his children run wild and do nothing about it. It was easy to see that everyone else on the subway felt irritated, too. So, the irritated passenger finally said, ‘Sir, your children are really disturbing a lot of people, couldn’t control them a little more’?
The man lifted his gaze as if to come to a consciousness of the situation for the first time and said softly, ‘Oh, you’re right. I should do something about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother died about an hour ago. I don’t know what to think, and I guess they don’t know how to handle it either.’”
We never know the burdens or crosses that others are carrying, so pray for them and give them the benefit of the doubt and let God be the judge. Remember that Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6; 6)
I believe with all my heart that Jesus is calling us to journey with Him here, so we can recognize Him when we enter eternal life.
May God Be Praised!
Join me and cry out from the depths of your heart to the Lord who hears us.
Hear my cry! “Lord, listen to my prayer: turn your ear to my appeal.” [Psalm 143]
God, You are our refuge and our hope, we turn to you during this COVID 19 pandemic and plead for Your intercession. In Your mercy and Your compassion “… grant eternal rest to the dead, comfort to mourners, healing to the sick ….” [Collect from Mass Time in Pandemic]
Provide strength to the first responders, compassion to the medical personnel, and wisdom to government leaders. End this coronavirus scourge. Bring Your light to all who wander in the darkness of this pandemic and give us hope in Your eternal love today and every day. Amen. [Dcn. George Kelly]
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