In today's gospel we hear Jesus speaking about his own mission. Recall yesterday's posting: what is my mission. In essence Jesus is saying: I am on a mission, SENT by the Father. From this reading we should give further consideration to our own mission. Through the graces of your baptism, then your confirmation and through your participation in the Eucharist, you ---and every other person--- have been sent by the Father on a mission.
When you are considering what you mission is, you are entering upon the experience of discernment, that time alone with yourself and your God. In the experience your goal is to distinguish God's will from your own will. This is critically important and necessary. We need to know the difference. In the moments of discernment, moments of landing, hence the aquatic scene at the top, we seek to discover WHAT God wants; TO WHOM it is that God is sending me on my mission; the MESSAGE entrusted to me to bring to those at the receiving end of my mission. Not easy, is it? This is why a realist can look at Christianity and think "This is not for sissies." This is the reason that a spiritual guide is so needed and so helpful in the journey of your mission. Such a person, relying on the Holy Spirit, will help you "discern" the where God is holding up signs for you, giving you indications of what is truly best for you. Again, it is difficult because so many times our hearts become involved and we forget that God's will is not always what we think it is. We need to know when to change course.
Sometimes, as Bishop Robert Morneau suggests, read the lives of the saints. It was during a recuperation from injuries suffered during a battle that Knight Ignatius Loyola came upon a book of the Lives of the Saints. Here he found the inspiration the he had been seeking about his future. There are an abundance DVDs about the lives of various saints that can help all of us.
These suggestions when taken seriously and mixed with some prayer on a regular basis will help discover the highway that God's Positioning Service (GPS) will offer you to get to your goal.
These suggestions when taken seriously and mixed with some prayer on a regular basis will help discover the highway that God's Positioning Service (GPS) will offer you to get to your goal.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee, how great thou art, how great thou art.
