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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 I am reminded of the many teachers in my life – some of whom were teachers and professors, others were writers, musicians, doctors, pastors, lawyers and friends. It was for all of them much more than a ‘job’, but more of a way of responding to God’s call. It filled them and became visible in how they shared their experiences of life and God with me. It was about how they loved and served, each according to the gifts that God had given to them. I think of Blessed Joseph Gerard OMI who while he did not have a long list of conversions and baptisms to count, gave his whole life to those he was sent to serve and share with them his lived experience of God.
I am once again reminded of Rule 37a: “The charism of Saint Eugene de Mazenod is a gift of the Spirit to the Church, and it radiates throughout the world. Lay people recognize that they are called to share in the charism according to their state of life, and to live it in ways that vary according to milieu and cultures. They share in the charism in a spirit of communion and reciprocity amongst themselves and with the Oblates.”
Dearest God, I thank you for all who you have sent into my life for they are the fruits of your love. It is their way of living and being that make them living models of how I want my life to be. May their examples continue to teach and show me how I too might become fruit to others.