In today’s second reading, Eph. 3: 8-12, 14-19, St. Paul
gives witness to his vocation, saying: “To me, the very least of all the holy
ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of
Christ, and to bring to light for all what is the plan of the mystery hidden
from ages past in God who created all things, so that the manifold wisdom of God
might now be made known through the church to the principalities and authorities
in the heaven. This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished
in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we
have boldness of speech and confidence of access through faith in him.”
In each vocation, persons are given the necessary grace to,
in the words of St. Francis of Assisi, preach the Gospel by their lives, and to
use words only if necessary. Each one of us is called to "bring to light for all what is the plan of the mystery hidden...in God who created all things, so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known" to those with whom you live and work and pray. To make God's wisdom in your life known, and,first of all, to even know God's wisdom at work in your life, it is important to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to
Him. I encourage you to do that every day, opening to the daily readings of the
day or to simply choose one of the Gospels in which to meet Jesus in person.
Spend 5-10 minutes each day with Jesus in this way. Or use that time for quiet
prayer, for listening to the stillness in which God is always a work within the
very core of your being. Pay attention in quiet for 5 minutes each day. You will
come to know the Lord in that stillness!
When your mind drifts, come back to the quiet uttering the name “Jesus.”
What grace has God given you? Is it the same as Paul's or is it different? What is it? How do you nurture it?
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