Friday, June 20, 2008

Today’s text

Matthew 10:38-39

Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me. Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Prayer

We don’t go looking for crosses, Jesus. Nor should we. You didn’t. You tried to avoid yours, begging the Loving Mystery of God for another way. But there wasn’t, and you knew it.

The cross proved necessary to reveal the heart of God and the heart of a world that does not know God. So you took it up because of who you are; your vocation required it.

Our crosses come to us. We do not seek them. They come amid the labors of love which the Divine Majesty has planted in our hearts. It is so with us, just as with you. Jesus.

So let us be as you. Grant us hope and courage that we may give ourselves to all that you have given us the privilege of loving. Let us know the joy of loving to the full, surrendering ourselves to the precious places and faces of our lives.

For there we will find ourselves … and you.

Our hearts desperately need to be given away.

Pr. David L. Miller