The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today present
situations which inform our decisions about how we best can serve the will of
God when we act to serve our brothers and sisters. Paul discusses the dilemma
of our personal attraction to Jesus being played out in a desire to focus all
our life and even our life energy on the future eternal communion with Him. Our
personal preparation for this destiny is important and in doing this
preparation we will witness the power of the transforming Love. The nature of
the Love of God is that it reaches out to invite all to be included. This activity
is the Way which the disciple follows in encountering and welcoming brothers
and sisters for their sake and not for ours. The choice which brings us closer
to others in the name of Jesus involves being humble, peaceful, patient,
compassionate and forgiving. It is the path of self giving and real recognition
and support of the value of others. The episode in the Gospel of Luke
illustrates disposition of the disciple as one who seeks no recognition of him
or herself but lets the relationships within the Body of Christ be connected
and revealed according to the will of God. The recent tragedy of the storm
which wreaked havoc and destruction in the Northeast United States showed that we
need to rediscover acting with unity of purpose when we witness the inability
of our individualistic life styles to provide the necessities of life spiritually
and materially to our communities.
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