This morning, the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, we had a visiting priest, who was ordained in our Archdiocese a few years ago. He has come several times for visits and retreats. The theme of his homily reminded me of words from Pope Francis yesterday:
The history of our life has two rhythms: one, measurable, made of
hours, days, years; the other, composed of the seasons of our development:
birth, childhood, adolescence, maturity, old age, death. Every period, every
phase has its own value, and can be a privileged moment of encounter with the
Lord. Faith helps us to discover the spiritual significance of these periods:
each one of them contains a particular call of the Lord, to which we can offer
a positive or negative response. In the Gospel we see how Simon, Andrew, James
and John responded: they were mature men; they had their work as fishermen,
they had their family life.... Yet, when Jesus passed and called to them,
“immediately they left their nets and followed him” (Mk 1:18).
Dear
brothers and sisters, let us stay attentive and not let Jesus pass by without
welcoming him.
May the Virgin Mary help us to live each day, each moment as the time of salvation, in which the Lord passes and calls us to follow him, every second of our life. And may she help us to convert from the mentality of the world, that of worldly reveries which are fireworks, to that of love and service.
(Painting: James B. Janknegt)
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