“Called to be Holy” by Beth DeCristofaro

“Called to be Holy” by Beth DeCristofaro

Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Paul, called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the Church of God that is in Corinth, to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. (1 Corinthians 1:1-2)

Jesus said to his disciples: "Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.(Matthew 24:42-44)

Piety

I reflect for a moment on God's presence around me and in me.
Creator of the universe, the sun, the moon, the earth,
every molecule, every atom, everything that is:
God is in every beat of my heart. God is with me, now.

        (from “Presence” for 8/31/2018 www.sacredspace.ie )

Study

Sometimes it’s hard to know which it is:  take time for mindfulness or seize the day!  My study habits in school were to plug along, a bit each day. Some of my favorite friends preferred the binge-study-and-caffeine-model at the end of the semester.  To my chagrin, they often did as well or better than I did!  We all accomplished the end task of being successful students.

We are called to be holy.  An awesome and fearful call.  It’s a responsibility and it is such a grace.  The faithful servant knows that he holds what is important to the master in his hands and treats it with duty.  The unfaithful servant not only disregards duty but also respect.  We, as faithful disciples, serve a master who is not gone but living right with us while leaving the upkeep and day-to-day maintenance of his Kingdom in our care.

Action

God is in our present around us, in us, in our heartbeat, in our mindfulness, when we binge, in the chaos swirling in the Church and in the faithful service of His followers.  Jesus is here, do you joyfully acknowledge understand that He calls you to be Holy?