Not to get into details (those have been covered in my Facebook
posts), the last 3 days have been very trying for me. First, the travel fiasco (I prefer to think
of it as an “adventure”) of Sunday. Then
two very long work-days. I still managed
to post all but last night because of a screwy internet connection. Sorry about that. When I read the readings for tomorrow’s Mass I
couldn’t help but meditate on our Lord’s presence in our lives even in
adversity.
My To Do list is filled –
always. I revise it, add to it and
proudly cross things off of it. I have
perfected a system that combines my list on my smart phone and allows me to change
priorities if I need to.
But it was only recently, as I prayed with my To Do list, that I
realized that if the mythical day came when I finally finished every item on my
list … I would think of more things to
add. I work in a whirl and do too many
things. What suffers, in my quest to be
ever more productive, is contemplation.
Appreciating. Gratefulness.
Isaiah’s words call us to pay attention. We are all busy and our lives are full. But Isaiah’s beautiful words this Advent
remind us that God really does call each one of us by name. God is there for us in our distress, offering
“strength to the fainting” and vigor for the weak.
We are asked to lift up our eyes to pay attention to the world
around us – the people around us and the joy of nature. It is in such moments of quietness that we
will be restored with hope. But hope
can’t arrive if we don’t take the time to open our eyes, listen and ask God for
the healing and hope that is offered to us with such love.
In the gospel, Jesus invites us to come if we are weary and
discouraged. Come if we think we are too
busy to stop; if our To Do list seems endless.
The readings remind us to slow down and hear Jesus offer us “rest. For
my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
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