"Thus says the Lord, 'Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down, and do not return there till they have watered the earth...'"
Isaiah 55:10In the reflection of this reading on Pray-As-You-Go, they ask a pondering-worthy question. What part of your life is dry and needs a good, cleansing rain? Oh, that's easy! I'm still reeling from my regular trip to the woodshed, i.e. yesterday's Gospel about the sheep and the goats! (Matthew 25:31-46) Consistently, I am brought up short in that reading and find myself clearly in the Goat line. Unless taking a box of wine glasses to St. Vincent de Paul counts as giving drink to the thirsty, I'm still coming up short this year. (Thanks, Sam, for suggesting I fill the glasses first!) It's not that I don't give to the poor; that can be remedied by writing a check. It's how I feel toward the poor that is the problem. I struggle with the poor because I have so much and life is so much easier for me--it always has been. I don't identify with the poor because I haven't walked in their shoes or shared their struggles. I have always been, by comparison, very rich. And this troubles me. Just as the Rich Young Man, I wonder if Jesus is asking too much of me to "sell all I have and give to the poor." I find myself going away, very sad, because I have too much. So, that is where I need a good, cleansing rain, my Friends. I ask for the grace to get it all figured out. Love, heidi
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