Daily Retreat 10/07/08
2008 Oct 7 Tue: Our Lady of the Rosary M
Gal 1: 13-24/ Ps 138(139): 1b-3. 13-14ab. 14c-15/ Lk 10: 38-42
From today’s readings: “The one who once was persecuting us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.... Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.... Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing....”
Former Way of Life
More than any other religion, Christianity embraces the idea of conversion, and not just the act of converting to Christianity from a non-Christian religion, but also the conversion from a lukewarm to a more zealous state of faith, which is just as important!
In the biographical snippet found in his Epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul outlines his “former way of life,” then mentions a few incidents after his call by Christ to conversion, leading up to his apostolic ministry. Paul’s purpose is clear: he wants the Galatians to understand that God deserves the credit for his conversion, as well as for all the good in his life!
All of us likewise should be able to trace a conversion moment or tendency in our lives, since God is constantly drawing us to deeper faithfulness and greater attentiveness to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. This means that by nourishing ourselves with His Word and sacraments, we should be constantly growing in holiness, so if looking back over our lives you or I cannot detect the thread of conversion, then we are evidently hampering God’s grace which provides us every day with the means to advance on the way to perfection.
Gal 1: 13-24/ Ps 138(139): 1b-3. 13-14ab. 14c-15/ Lk 10: 38-42
From today’s readings: “The one who once was persecuting us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.... Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.... Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing....”
Former Way of Life
More than any other religion, Christianity embraces the idea of conversion, and not just the act of converting to Christianity from a non-Christian religion, but also the conversion from a lukewarm to a more zealous state of faith, which is just as important!
In the biographical snippet found in his Epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul outlines his “former way of life,” then mentions a few incidents after his call by Christ to conversion, leading up to his apostolic ministry. Paul’s purpose is clear: he wants the Galatians to understand that God deserves the credit for his conversion, as well as for all the good in his life!
All of us likewise should be able to trace a conversion moment or tendency in our lives, since God is constantly drawing us to deeper faithfulness and greater attentiveness to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. This means that by nourishing ourselves with His Word and sacraments, we should be constantly growing in holiness, so if looking back over our lives you or I cannot detect the thread of conversion, then we are evidently hampering God’s grace which provides us every day with the means to advance on the way to perfection.
posted by FrPitstick | 10/05/2008
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