Daily reflection _ love triumps everything else


LOVE TRIUMPS EVERYTHING ELSE
From Genesis to Jesus and on to the end of time in this world, our heavenly Father in Christ Jesus is all about healing and reconciling the world and its people to Himself and to each other.  
Deacon John Ruscheinsky
In today's Gospel story of Jesus in Gentile territory, He is trying to "retreat" but is interrupted by the "foreign" mother of a girl "with an unclean spirit." Rules and taboos about contact with Gentiles and with a Gentile woman no less, fail to prevail against the powerful, persistent love of this mom. Jesus obviously agrees with her that restricting love to "insiders" while discriminating against "outsiders" is not God's will. He heals the girl, and that's the bottom line of it all!
In the Gospel Acclamation we sing: Humbly welcomed the word that has been planted in you and is able to save our souls.
We need to remember that we are not alone on this journey nor alone on an island. We're all in this together and we need each other. From Genesis to Jesus and on to the end of time in this world, our heavenly Father in Christ Jesus is all about healing and reconciling the world and its people to Himself and to each other. Truly! This is what the Eucharist is all about.
We need to give ourselves totally to God and give top priority to deepening our relationship with Him through prayer.