+ The first reading today from the Prophet Daniel encourages us always
to read
the handwriting on the wall – sometimes it’s the best way God has in
communicating with us.
The gospel passage presents a
realistic picture of what being a Catholic is all about: it is being a member
of a group, a community, who stand alone in the world, contrary to its values,
and intent on making a difference in it in order to save it and help transform
it into the heavenly reality that it is called to be. This would then mean that
this “world” will hate us – if we are doing our part rightly – but we are not to
worry because God himself is not only in our midst, he is deep within us – and
our baptisms, confirmations and ordinations arm us to deal with whatever it
takes to be the evangelists we are called to be.
May it not be said that any of
us declined to help the Lord in bringing
the Good News of salvation to the ends of the earth as he asked us to do;
it is our joy to do this and we will be empowered all the way! This does not
mean it will be easy, but it means that it will be doable, and redemptive for
ourselves and for others – and what more could we ask for?
Give
glory and eternal praise to him!
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