MY daily reflection and prayer:
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Memorial of St. Hieronymus
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to Luke 9:57-62
As they were going along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” But he said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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READING this Gospel I remember the popular song entitled “I will follow Him”. This song expresses an expectant faith to follow Jesus where ever he may. There isn’t an ocean too deep, a mountain so high it can keep.
Then I ask myself, “Are you ready to follow Jesus Christ wherever he may go and he may lead you?” And I say “Yes!” with all my heart. I also say thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ for his vocation as a Catholich Church member and even as his Catholic priest.
With this vocation he gives me the grace to respond and the strength to follow all the way he offers to the end. I trust in him that it leads me to joy and freedom in his love.
In the Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist, while worshipping Jesus Christ who calls us as his people, I always renew to say “yes” to his call for our lives. We are ready to take the path which the Lord Jesus offers. His grace is sufficient and his love is stronger than everything else.
Let’s pray: Lord Jesus Christ, there is nothing greater I can do with my life than to place it at your service. You offer me a kingdom of lasting peace, unending joy, surpassing love, enduring friendship, and abundant life. Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. I surrender it all to you to be disposed of according to your will. Give me only your love and your grace. I will follow you wherever you lead me, now and forever. Amen.
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