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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
This morning we hear Jesus telling the chief priests and elders that the sinners, those most despised and set aside, will be the first to enter the kingdom of God – before them.
And Eugene reminds Fr. Guigues of how we are to be ministers of mercy – with the tenderness of a loving parent in how they seem almost to lavish their love upon their prodigal sons and daughters who are returning to the fold.
I think of Eugene and his first Lenten Homily at the Church of the Madeleine – speaking to the poorest of the poor without shaming or lessening them, but rather calling them his dear, dear brothers, and telling them they are heirs to God’s kingdom. Said without rancor or hint of shame or blame.
How am I a minister of God’s mercy? Am I begrudging or comparing? Do I minister out of a sense of duty, or simply trying to earn my way into the kingdom of God. Or is my way of being a manifestation of the love that has been given and shared with me?