I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself and hear Him speak through imperfect people. In fact, I have discovered that it pleases Him to hide His manifold wisdom in a variety of people and denominational perspectives. I know that the more I
humble myself to others, the broader my understanding of God has actually become.
- Francis Frangipane
(Be open to God communicating with you through other people and creation this day.)
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HOS 8:4-7, 11-13; PS 115:3-10
MT 9:32-38
A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
The crowds were amazed and said,
“Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
But the Pharisees said,
“He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Reflection on the Scriptures
Jesus continues to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom while performing multiple miracles and in today’s gospel Jesus was able to ‘drive the demon out of a mute man so he could speak’. Ultimately, Jesus says to his disciples “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for
his harvest.”
God needs each of us. He needs us individually and as part of our communities (work, church, family, neighborhood, volunteer) to care for each other, to forgive, to put God first and foremost in our lives so we can put others first and foremost in our lives. Our spirits need each other, we need to be present with each other, in this moment, because if not ‘now’ when?
- by Cindy Costanzo
The Existence of God
by Francois Fenelon
SECTION XVIII. Of the Stars
But among those stars I perceive the moon, which seems to share with the sun the care and office of lighting us. She appears at set times with all the other stars, when the sun is obliged to go and carry back the day to the other hemisphere. Thus night itself, notwithstanding its darkness, has a light, duskish indeed, but soft and useful.
That light is borrowed from the sun, though absent: and thus everything is managed with such excellent art in the universe that a globe near the earth, and as dark as she of itself, serves, nevertheless, to send back to her, by reflection, the rays it receives from the sun; and that the sun lights by means of the moon the people that cannot see him while he must light others.
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