By Rev. Joe McCloskey, SJ
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O
daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall
come to you; a just savior is he, meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the
foal of an ass. Zechariah 9:9
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek
and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is
easy, and my burden light.” Matthew 11:29-30
Piety
Our piety is made up of
the history of our relationship to Christ. It does not require brilliance or
smarts. It requires what the Father has revealed to the little ones. The
Illuminative Way is spoken of as learning greater than years of the University,
books read or visions had. God teaches us what we need to know in many
different ways. The Church is the guardian of the Truth and a great teacher.
The Bible gives us the Revealed wisdom of God. The holy people of our lives
teach us much by the example of their lives. God has created us with a desire
to know. Intellectual curiosity leads us to the experience of God in our
lives. How we study life has its most important source in how we look at
Christ.
Study
God can give us such great
knowledge in our lives that we could easily wonder why we spend so much time
learning. The answer is simple. Grace builds on nature. We grow up into God if
we study. Spiritual reading is more important than most people realize. Exposure
to the presence of God in our lives opens the eyes of our souls to see God and
to see visions. We do not become who we are meant to be by accident. Study is
the gateway to finding God in our lives. God has a plan for each of us that our
study unfolds in the closer look we take at what is happening in our spiritual
journey.
Action
Wherever there is love,
God is there. Love is shown by deeds. What we do for self, others and for our
community, can be translated into our love of God. Spiritual reading needs
to be a part of our lives. Prayer at certain times keeps us tuned into what God
is doing in our lives. Plans of action follow from the study of God we have in
our day. God is forever waiting for us to open our hearts to what he has in
store for us if we follow the plan of action we form. There are no accidents in
our relationship to God. He is forever waiting for us to put our hands and our
feet where are mouths are saying we are going.
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