+ The first reading today from the Prophet Jeremiah introduces the
classic theme of “the potter and his clay.” In more ways than one
we are like clay in the hands of the
Divine Potter – God our Father (Abba);
and in fact we not only are like
clay, we are clay, it is the essence
of our substance. And just as God fashioned and molded each of us into the
physical persons that we are, our reading infers that he also fashions our
spiritual lives as well; and if they end up being less than he would have them
be (not due to his work, but rather to the “willful work” of the clay itself)
God is ever ready to refashion and remold them so to make them beautiful
vessels that will bear the image of his own Son.
The gospel passage talks about
good fish and bad fish that are hauled ashore – but we know that these
fish represent the “thinking fish” called human beings who can take what is
good in themselves and turn it into something bad – in this way they are like
the bad artifacts that a potter inadvertently makes when the clay “has its own
way.”
May we today be good clay and good fish – so that at
final reckoning time we will all have something treasured and of great value to
present to the Lord, so that he can very easily categorize us and transfer us
to a place of safety and honor – in the Kingdom prepared for us – before there
ever was clay or fish!
Open
our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.
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