GOD’S DIRECTION: SIMPLE,
STRAIGHT-FORWARD, HUMBLE MESSAGES: In the first
reading of today’s liturgy (Jer 18: 1-6), God speaks to Jeremiah very plainly, simply and
humbly, saying to him: “Rise up, be off to the potter’s house; there I will
give you my message.” Jeremiah does not hesitate to do what the Lord asks of
him. Do we miss God’s will because it
sounds too mundane, too ordinary, too simple. “That can’t be God speaking to
me.” And we go along our merry path paying no attention. What if, like
Jeremiah, we followed through on the most mundane of messages: Go there! Do
that! Call! Send an email! Check out that religious community! Attend that Come
and See. Arrange to spend a few days with Sister-so-and-so for discernment. Would we, like Jeremiah, hear the message we
have been waiting for and which is crucial if we are going to let God lead us?
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