+ If we begin with the premise that “love is all there is” “it’s
all about love” then the readings make sense for today’s mass.
And it is right to begin with that premise: because God is Love – God is
Creator – therefore everything in existence is a reflection somehow of the God
of Love. Jesus is that Wisdom of God, that Love of God made flesh for us and
for our salvation.
St. Paul gives that wonderful
exposition of real love in the first reading today from his first letter to the
Corinthians. He encourages us to model our lives on the attainment of the higher gifts: he goes on to state that we can
say and do all kind of truly remarkable and even astonishing things for others
– but if these actions do not emanate from true love in our hearts – then we
may as well not do them, God will not be pleased with them, and we will find
ourselves in disfavor with him when the time comes and we wish we had paid more
attention to our motivation and our actions.
No matter if we are the Pope,
Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, consecrated persons, lay persons: we are obliged,
and duty bound the reflect the life of Christ – the Christ of Love – in our daily
activities.
Every evening then, when we do
the recommended Examen at Compline – which all members of the Church are
invited to pray with everyone else – it can be found online at Universalis.com
– where we look over all our actions, words, thoughts, and motivations of our
hearts – are repentant for those outside the boundaries of love and promise to
do better tomorrow.
If many more took the time to
do this, especially those bound by vows and promises to do so – would then our
actions would be purer, and our lives would be more peace-filled and our world
would be a better place.
The Gospel passage finds Jesus
berating the people of Israel for not recognizing the Son of Man, who is Son of
God, he, himself, Wisdom made flesh – and trying to lock him into legal
constraints that do not apply to him.
When others continue to
misunderstand us, no matter how much we reflect the presence of the same Christ
to them – all we can do is continue to be ourselves, smile and go on doing
truly loving works day in and day out!
Accept
God’s message for what it really is: God’s message, and not some human
thinking.
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