+ Today’s reading cut to the chase! The
emphatic theme is “doing the will of God.”
God’s will is supreme, it is infiltrated and saturated into everything.
Everything exists because it subsists in the very word of God speaking! Everything has its own built in purpose and
hidden agenda as well. It is the working out of the word-spoken which must be
accomplished for the smooth ordering of our days and nights.
It is the one who does the
will of the Father who will enter the Kingdom of heaven – and who will be a
real part of that Kingdom in this life as a preparation period. Christ’s words
are to be listened to and acted upon because the Word of God is the consistency
of all things.
The Babylonian Exile described
in the first reading is the result of the people’s being disobedient to God’s
Word.
When you stop to think about
it, who would not want to freely and lovingly participate in God’s plan, purpose
and agenda for the day. So many times we get it so wrong when we try to “drive
the bus.” We will have more freedom to do our duties in our states of life, as
disciples and religious, if we follow every instinct given by Holy Spirit – and
live entirely for the sake of others – in imitation of the Lord Jesus who
emptied Himself and took the form of a slave – and who followed the
inspirations of Spirit.
Thank
you Lord, for loving us so, to death; and then to life again – the very
life you are so willing to share with those who simply get out of their own way
and ask for it.
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