Dining Alone

I’ve just received a call from a friend. Her husband died several months ago in an accident. I can hear the pain in her voice, now mixed with those tones of emptiness and loss that so often overwhelm people in these circumstances. I’m glad I could be an ear for her. And I’ll make plans to visit her this week.

At times life can rest heavily upon us, not only the troubles that make their way into every life, but also our own personal sins and failures. More than once St. Paul expressed his own frustrations with himself. On the one hand, he knew Jesus so well and knew what following Him means, and on the other hand he stumbled on that path and at least temporarily wandered in other directions. It distressed him mightily, for the more sensitive and principled a person is, the more those falls can hurt.

The often-oppressive reality of our own limits and failings can at times cause us to wonder how could God really like us, or be willing to give us another chance - much less take us into His own heart. The Lord didn’t give us a spirit of slavery to send (us) back into fear, but a spirit of adoption through which we cry out, ‘Father!’ The Spirit Himself gives witness that with our spirit we are all children of God.’

Trust that Spirit who dwells within you and especially on those days when you feel you're weary; remember to cry out with all your heart, ‘Father!’.

Father in Heaven, we are never alone when we invite You into our lives. lift us when we are weary. Embrace us with the comfort of Your love. Teach us to reach out to our brothers and sisters and support one another throughout the day. Amen

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