My Meditation for Today

It's been a good many days since I talked with you like this, Jesus. It's been much too long. We get wrapped up in our earthly living, the details of which are manifold and time consuming; but it is really a necessary part of our earthly living as human beings among other human beings; in community, our parish, in our neighborhood, and family, and the world as a whole. We are a part of it all and we must not forget to carry out our part in your way, Jesus.

    In this week’s Scripture readings, from the Acts of the Apostles, we get your message so distinctly in how we should be doing in our relationship with one another; in particular, where it tells us of how they took care of one another. No one remained in need among them. All of them used what they had to share with those less fortunate than themselves and they did this gladly, with pure spiritual love.

    This is what we Franciscans must do also. This is our love in action. This is conducive to the peace that we are makers of. There must be justice to be peacemakers, because without this justice there will be breaches of peace.

     I thank you for talking with me this morning, Jesus.

     At Mass this morning I was thinking, after Communion, about how I had held you in my hands and I was a bit awed by the thought. It came to me how holy my hands are that held you, and do you remember I asked you to help me not forget how holy my hands are and that I must not do anything with my hands to besmirch their holiness. The sacred Host touched my lips and tongue and I must remember not to utter any words that will desecrate their sanctity; in fact, my whole body was transfigured as yours was on Mt. Tabor. I must conduct myself in a manner that will reflect this all day.

    There is also this to think about, Jesus, that the substance, the physical substance of the Host becomes, though in a small way, a part of my bloodstream which runs through my heart. I have thought about this before. It changes my heart to a heart suffused with love which courses through my brain and affects my intellect so that it should, if I use it as I should, imbue me with a spirit of wisdom of the Holy Spirit; hence my intellect can dictate to my heart, my will, my conscience and say, “think Jesus, act Jesus, will Jesus and love as Jesus loves,”

     And so I say, amen for now, my holy Savior and my Jesus.

 

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