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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
It is Holy Thursday and as I read the title and the line from John’s Gospel my spirit lifts with the awareness that the celebration of the Triduum begins. The line from John’s Gospel seems to leap out from the screen and I am reminded that the “community of the Apostles with Jesus is the model of our life.” (C 3) The model for all of us who share in being a part of the Oblate/Mazenodian Family.
Today there is a renewed realization that God has called me to “serve” – God, the Church, my brothers and sisters in the fullest sense of those words. A small and hidden way of living out “…not always what I want, but what You want…” as Jesus prayed in the Garden.
The Spirit began this morning by putting a song in my heart: “Do You know what I have done for you, you who call Me your Teacher and your Lord. If I have washed your feet so you must do as I have done for you.” (David Haas – The Song of the Lords Command)
On this eve of the crucifixion I am inspired to end my morning prayer with a silent but heartfelt renewal of my own commitment, my own private vow to God; for it is my own version of saying yes to God, to what God wills of me, as set out with Jesus and his disciples as the model, with the members of our shared Oblate Family as models…