The words of
the psalmist today in the text from the Roman Catholic Lectionary present the
image of God who cares deeply for His Children who find themselves in distress.
We are encouraged to know that God desires our restoration to joy and fullness
of Life. Friar Jude Winkler comments that the Prophet Baruch, who was taken
into exile at the time of Jeremiah after serving as secretary and brave
spokesperson for Jeremiah, is encouraging the people that God created them for
His Joy and their fullness of life. The difficult times are opportunities to
see how we can move into our own preoccupation with ourselves and miss the
invitation which is accepted by the seventy two disciples, in the Gospel of
Luke today, to serve God through the continued application of service with our
gifts to others. In the faith and trust which is required to continue service
in difficulty, we anticipate the deep joy which Jesus proclaims, some suggest
by dancing in the Spirit, in the passage from Luke as He witnesses the
transformation of His Disciples to workers in the vineyard of God in
relationship with Father and Son through the Spirit.
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