Accepting Jesus for Who He Is

Hi.  Good morning.

 

This morning’s Gospel passage is John 6:30-35 in which Jesus is rejected by those with whom he grew up in Nazareth.  This must have been tough.  It is tough.  I know people who minister in the Church.  Often the folks who knew them before they accepted God’s call are the least willing to accept them as God’s spokespersons and ministers.  All the willing servant of God can do is accept what God has asked and to go to work.  When he or she is rejected “at home”, it is very hard to understand and very hard to accept.  Jesus finds himself rejected in his home town and he moves on.

 

How about you?  Is your religion and your faith so familiar to you that you have begun to ignore it?  Have you pigeon-holed it into a comfortable place so that it no longer challenges you?  Are you blind or neutral to the myriad blessings of each moment?

 

 

Please pray for Lori’s dear friend, Robin, who is dying from advanced cancer and for Robin’s family, for Lori and the others who love Robin so much. Please continue to pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Chad and for the consolation of his mom, dad, and brothers.  Please pray for our boys and girls in the Armed Forces, for our politicians that they will work for the common good rather than for themselves, for our Church and all who minister in the Name of Jesus, for our families, the helpless, those who care for the helpless, for those who face death today, and for each other.

 

Father, God, we adore you and praise you.  We thank you for all that you have given us, most especially, our families and spouses.  Fill us with your Holy Spirit that your presence may always be fresh and alive within us.  We are your workers here on earth.  By accepting our role and by working for the benefit of others, may we bring honor to holy St. Joseph whose Feast Day is today.  We ask you this and we lay our needs before you in the holy name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Pray!  Trust!  Expect!  Be like Bartimaeus.

 

In Him and in His love,

Lou