Message of 9-21-15

Published: Mon, 09/21/15

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Monday: September 21, 2015
Message of the Day

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes


(What does the mean for you this day?)
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Readings of the Day

EPH 4:1-7, 11-13;    PS 19:2-5;    MT 9:9-13


R. Their message goes out through all the earth.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day pours out the word to day,
and night to night imparts knowledge.

Not a word nor a discourse
whose voice is not heard;
Through all the earth their voice resounds,
and to the ends of the world, their message.

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USCCB lectionary
Reflection on the Scripture

Nevertheless, we are afraid to say "Yes." We're afraid of what people will think. It has never been popular to follow Jesus. To be His disciple means becoming a fool in the eyes of the world (1 Cor 4:10).


We are afraid and hesitate to follow the Lord because we are not secure in His love. If we knew deep down that He died on the cross out of love for each one of us, we wouldn't worry about playing the fool. We would be afraid not to follow Jesus, instead of afraid to follow Him. When we know we are loved by God Himself, unconditionally, sacrificially, and eternally, we are freed from worldly manipulation and freed for obedience to Jesus.


Jesus again is calling: "Follow Me." Secure in His love, let us come to Him.


PRAYER: Father, may I come to know and believe in the love You have for me (1 Jn 4:16).


PROMISE: "Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force." –Eph 4:3


PRAISE: St. Matthew left the false security of the world's kingdom for the true security of God's kingdom.

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Spiritual Reading
Theological Gems from Emile Merch's Theology of the Mystical Body
- selected by Jim and Tyra Arraj

Book I: Theological and Philosophical Introduction

Chapter 5: The Teaching of Philosophy on Man and His Unity

112. The soul is not limited to informing the body; it grasps and knows itself; and in this knowledge it possesses in germ a yearning toward Him who is the first and the last end, God.
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