HOLDING TO THE VISION
We have been given the
knowledge of the mystery that Christ is in us. And when we come to realize this
in our being, we hear the call to serve God and one another. We are
"holding to the vision!"
In today's Responsorial Psalm we acclaim,
"In God is my safety and my glory" (Ps 62:8). Let us pour out our
hearts before Him. Our heavenly Father is true Love for us, the only true,
steadfast Love - pure, firm and eternal. We can now pronounce the word and
recover its value in our lives. We can now believe in love because we believe
in God. We are called to serve for the common good in society and families. Our
whole life and the work that we do are all for our Father's eternal Kingdom.
Florence Scovel Shinn once wrote, "Every
great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation
through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes
apparent failure and discouragement." St. Paul, in his Letter to the
Colossians, wrote, "I am a minister in accordance with God's stewardship
given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God...to make known the
riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you,
the hope for glory" (Col 1:25,27).
We, too, have been given the knowledge of the
mystery that Christ is in us. And when we come to realize this in our being, we
hear the call to serve God and one another. We are "holding to the
vision!"