Oh, the richness of the readings of
today’s liturgy and the great love of our God for each one of us. In the first reading, Acts 22: 30; 23:
6-11, the Lord says to Paul, who has
encountered all kinds of problems in his ministry, “Take courage. For just as
you have borne witness to my cause in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness
in Rome.”
Is God saying to you: “Take courage.
For just as you have borne witness to my cause” in your work with youth, in
your parish involvement, in your volunteer activities for the poor as a single
person, I am now calling you to do so as a married man/woman, as a member of a
religious community, as a priest?
In the responsorial psalm of today’s
Mass, Psalm 16, we say to the Lord: “My Lord are you. O Lord, my allotted
portion and cup, you it is who counsels me; …I set the Lord ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.” Is God counseling you in regard to a specific
vocation in life? A specific career? A difficult decision? If so,
which choice do you make? As you grapple
with this question, are you remembering that God is at your right hand and are
therefore at peace with the questioning?
Or are you disturbed, trying to figure this out all by yourself in
secret? Maybe it is time to “come out of
the closet” and talk to a trusted friend, a vocation counselor, a priest, a
deacon about this struggle, a school counselor, a qualified spiritual director.
“Be not afraid! It is I,” Jesus said
to the petrified apostles trying to stay afloat on a stormy sea. “Be not
afraid! It is I” questioning you, disturbing you enough so as to notice My
calling!
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