Guidelines in promoting Good

The Roman Catholic Lectionary today offers texts with advice for practical problems in ministry. Paul writes to Titus to offer some guidelines for the selection of Bishops to lead the faith in communities. The contrast between the portrait of the suitable bishop and the apparent group of misfits that Jesus selected as Apostles is a lesson in selection. The eyes of the Divine see the human state in a different way. “God’s ways are not our ways” is a saying which introduces the selection of “Jesus sayings” from Luke’s Gospel. The gravity of being an obstacle to the development of the intimate relation with the Divine is outlined. Luke is clear to indicate both the responsibility of the disciple to rebuke community members for stumbling and to always be prepared to forgive and receive them back into community. The enterprise of being the servant of the people of God requires faith that trusts that Divine Providence will guide and redeem our motions to be harmonious in the Grand Symphony of the mystery of Life.