Presence inviting change

The Roman Catholic Lectionary today confronts us with texts which challenge us to change. Stoic philosophy was admired by many in the communities to whom Paul spoke. The concept of one humanity is used by Paul in the Letter today to the Corinthians. Friar Jude Winkler comments on the desire of Paul to explain how we are all brought together with our gifts into the Body of Christ. Friar Jude notes the Apostle is prioritizing the gifts. Mary Lee Brock addresses the question of many of us about the relevance of our gifts to the great charitable and social justice movements around us. The Presence of the Divine compels us to change. Friar Jude notes the crowd who witness the reanimation of the son of the widow of Nain in the Gospel from Luke are never the same afterwards. The Body of Christ is our encounter with the Divine which invites us to change to greater love and service.