Tuesday of the First Week
In the practice of Lectio Divina this stands out for me:
Jesus sets our minds at peace in Matthew 6:8 ~
“…Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Know that our Lord God is so ingrained in us and we in him that we need not to describe to him our pain and our needs. He already knows all of it; he felt it; he experienced it, just as we do, in our own personal ways. Jesus teaches us to acknowledge this unspoken-ness of experience, and directs us to the power of our father God and the comforting words in how to live, in ‘Our Lord’s Prayer’.
We need to learn to fully trust in our Lord. We need to understand God’s unlimited power to constantly re-create; to constantly change situations and opportunities, and most importantly, to forgive. But like the dew that falls from the night sky, this gift of loving forgiveness must be used by us to forgive our brothers and sisters of what we perceive as their transgressions against us. Let’s stop judging each other!
If we can learn empathy, we can actively share in the emotional experience of “the other”. This sharing will lead us to compassion, and compassion can lead us into action.
Maybe we ought to ‘babble’ less and act more?
Maura Kelley, Worshipping Community
