St Francis de Sales, Mass. Fr. Nivard

24 Jan 2014 Early Morning Sky

Friday Yr. II, St Francis de Sales

On Friday, 24 January 2014, 

Nivard ... wrote:

Daily Reading & Meditation, c. Don Schwager

Friday (January 24): Mark 3:13-19

"Jesus appointed twelve to be with him"

 

In today’s Gospel Jesus chose very ordinary people to be his Apostles. They were non-professionals. They had no wealth or position. Jesus chose them from the common people who did ordinary things. They had no special education, and no social advantages.    

   Jesus wanted ordinary people who could take an assignment and do it extraordinarily well.

   When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer.    

   The Lord takes what we can offer and uses it for building of his kingdom.

   We can apply all this to St Francis de Sales whose Memorial we celebrate today.

   Some people seem to be gentle by nature.

   Others are ‘barrels’ of vinegar!

   Most of us lie between these two extremes.

   We need to work at becoming more gentle and humble each day as did St Francis de Sales.

   Jesus constantly whispers in our ear, “Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart. Be like me.”

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Father, Take our lives and all that we have as an offering of love for you through Christ our Lord.

Nivard.