Large Soul in God Bearer

How can I do it? Is the question which rises from the texts today in the Roman CatholicLectionary. The psalmist prays for God to prosper the work of our hands. FatherLarry Gillick SJ indentifies a human trait to be overly concerned with “enoughness”. This tension is the one that manifests itself in the over doing of events and concern about success for which we are over invested and ever seeking to do enough. The Gospel from Luke on the cost of discipleship uses language which Father Larry confirms is as strong in the original Greek as it is in English. The theme of the supremacy of Love of God in the lives of those people who accept Covenant and relationship with the Divine is the foundation proclaimed by Moses for Israel to “hear”. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9).  The “new year” prayers of Rosh Hashanah are recited at this time to seek the Presence of God in living another season. This commitment to put God first needs to be renewed as we find ourselves, like Solomon, seeking the human resource to sort it all out. The struggle to be open to “big soul generosity” is noted as the prayer of St Ignatius to find and act on the will of God. Our “puzzlement” like that of Solomon is the state of struggling with being a disciple of Jesus. Father Larry concludes, reflecting on our mission as salt of the earth, “We do not do enough, feel enough, forgive enough, but we keep living, loving as we can and that keeps our salt from being thrown out. We cannot follow Jesus well enough, but we don’t throw ourselves away either, because we are not doing that well enough. “Large-soulness” is the gift of Wisdom which builds and wins and keeps us salty”.