TEACH ME YOUR WAYS
"Blessed are we who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways!"
There is a statue
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the front entrance of our retreat center.
Inscribed at the base of this statue is "Discite A ME" which means,
Learn from Me. In today's Responsorial Psalm we acclaim: "Blessed are we
who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways!" Your ways guide us and teach us
to walk in Your path each and everyday. God, you guide us along the way keeping
your covenant with us and asking us to keep our covenant with you.
In today's reading
from Mark a scribe asked Jesus as to which is the first of all the
commandments. We who have heard - about the two great commandments all our
lives, could have answered the seeking scribe. But how seriously have we taken
those commandments to heart? We need to be faithful to Jesus Christ, to be
willing to give our whole life to Him. We know that we will find Jesus today in
everyone we meet, especially the most vulnerable. If we are willing to
sacrifice our time and resources for their welfare? Are we truly willing to
love God with all our heart and soul, mind and strength and our neighbor as
ourselves? How can we say we love God if we do not love those around us?
Our challenge with
all of this is to live out the Corporal Works of Mercy:
Feed the hungry
Give drink to the thirsty
Clothe the naked
Shelter the homeless
Visit the sick
Visit the imprisoned
Bury the dead
"Discite A ME"