Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
2 Corinthians 4:14-21 In our voraciously materialistic culture, I can quickly be drawn into the popular notion that my identity is enmeshed with what I own, making it paramount that I have enough money to continually purchase goods and services. In reality, though, all the most important things in life are free – a genuine smile, a caring conversation, a walk in a park ... and prayer. Do I truly believe that my identity is founded on Christ and that I lack nothing as I follow him? Though others think that I am poor (in intellect, in soul, in body) help me realize that I have everything in you, O Lord. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see – we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. II Corinthians 6:8-10 What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God. Hans Urs von Balthaser www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca Soli gloriam dei.
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AuthorBeverly Illauq lives in Kemptville, Ontario, where she greets each morning by seeking the Gospel Mystery of the Day - the Word of the Lord for direct and practical application to the specific challenges & joys of the day. Archives
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