Love starting point for wisdom in decisions

The Roman Catholic Lectionary today, the Feast of Saint Matthias, apostle, offers guidance in making important life decisions and in living as the followers of Jesus. In some ways the action of the eleven, less Judas, to choose a replacement by invoking the Sprit is to activate the relationship between the indwelling Spirit and the Divine to guide decisions. The psalmist assures us God is proven in salvation history as the helper of the needy. We are always needy in openness to the Divine guidance. Our action as Jesus implores in John’s Gospel to love one another as He loves is an enormous challenge. In the same passage we are advised to abide, to live in this Love. The necessary transformation of our being is only possible in the energy of Divine Love. The practice of love is a starting point for wisdom in decisions.