Tuesday of
Week 2 in Ordinary Time
Saint
Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor
Mark
3:31-35
And
looking around at those seated in the circle he said,
‘Here are
my mother and my brothers.
For
whoever does the will of God
is my
brother and sister and mother.’
That
could make for a very large family! And
I wonder if that isn’t the most obvious hallmark of authentic Christian
community. Those around Jesus, his
immediate family included, are learning to broaden their notion of kinship and
neighbor.
How
tender, to hear from the master, “Here.
Right here you are…my family’.
And the cool thing about families…well hopefully…is that they are ‘warts
and all’ enterprises…good natured prodding and correction notwithstanding;)
And
the tradition follows as we call Mary, our mother, and as we look to the ‘Cloud
of Witnesses’ for brotherly and sisterly guidance.
I
need all the healthy family I can get!
As
the patron saint of writers and journalists,
St.
Francis de Sales is a perhaps a timely prayer partner…
“whoever
wants to preach (write, comment, communicate, debate*) effectively must do so
with love.”
*my
additions;)
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