I am now preparing you for great things, but little by little as a mother does with her child…
Blue Book: # 1c
When we think of ‘great things’ we may be tempted to think as the world thinks, even the world’s “religion” is all about ‘manifesting’ riches and other worldly goods. So we can be pretty confident that this isn’t what Our Blessed Mother is referring to here. These ‘great things’ will be according to God’s economy, not the worlds. Let’s see what else the Lord has for us today…
Awareness of little things, done well for the love of God, is daily living lifted up into the heart of Christ.
Grace in Every Season
Ok… now we are starting to see that being lifted up into ‘the heart of Christ’, which is fully united, with the ‘heart’ of Mary, is the goal. The Baltimore Catechism tells us that we were created to ‘know, love and serve God.’
For instance, wash the dishes for the love of God. When you serve the family, do it quietly and efficiently. If you learn to connect serving to the supernatural order, you will grow greatly in wisdom and love, and you will be a light shining in the darkness of the world. The light of your loving service will lead people to God.
Grace in Every Season
And we get there by ‘serving others’ well, so in other words not by being the greatest but by being the least ( in the world’s eyes anyway). Hmm… starting to sound familiar. 🙂 Yesterday’s Gospel expounds on this ‘created for His service’ theory.
Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
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They immediately told him about her.
He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.
Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
We too are strengthened and healed for service. The blessings, graces and talents that we receive, are not meant to remain stagnant. We are to become a conduit of God’s love and goodness, and it begins with those He entrusts to us.