Boy Scout prepared for Divine Guide

The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today evoke a memory of involvement with the Boy Scout organization. “Be prepared”, the Boy Scout motto has a peculiar place in the lives of believers. The contradiction that involves being prepared to act and move and address opportunities while at the same time understanding that God takes the initiative, is inherently faithful to loving all creatures and is the path for our fullness as creatures in intimate desire to follow the Divine Will is the mark of our lives as believers. The sense of the parable in Matthew’s Gospel is that our preparedness is to be open and aware of the opportunities in daily live to encounter the Divine and respond as the faithful sltve and the psalmist with praise for the goodness and righteousness of the Divine plan.