+ The first reading today puts it so simply: none of us lives for oneself, and none dies for oneself: we who are baptized we live and die for the Lord. Blessed are those who remember this simple and so very noncomplex fact. If we did it would make all of our decisions that much easier to make; and it would reduce our worries and cares to virtually nothing. God loves us, and he will take care of us and lead us to eternal life, if we let him!
The gospel passage today is also a very simple one and a very beautiful one: for those who go wandering off on their own for whatever reasons, and forget who they are in God, and forget that they are connected to their brothers and sisters in the faith: God is always ready to welcome them back with great joy! In fact, he goes out and seeks after the lost sheep! And when the lost coin is found: the angels of God rejoice! Our God revels in giving people second chances – or else why would he have sent Jesus in the first place!
So, today let us go to him with our burdens – those things that might make us want to wander off on our own – and let us find rest in Jesus – who truly is our all – who ought to be the reason why we do absolutely everything in life, and in death – for we truly are his in both cases!
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