Shedding a Little Light

“Much will be required of the person entrusted with much and still more will be

demanded of the person entrusted with more.” Luke 12 :48

I must admit that I have been given much. I have an impressive large faith community here at St. Brigid and I have an amazing LOTW small faith group that has been meeting for 19 years! I have a wonderful new community of faith as an Oblate in the order of St. Benedict. I have a husband, four adult children, four grandchildren, plus another on the way, and gobs of extended family. We often gather and support each other in many, if not all things. I have a talent for music that helped me serve in the Archdiocese of Chicago for over 37 years. I have a strength for winning people over which helped me to begin the Light of the World process here, as well as other parishes in the U.S. I have a talent for writing that allows me to share thoughts and words of faith through these bulletin articles and seasonal reflection books.

Whenever I read the last line of this passage from Luke, it shakes my world and makes me worry and question myself. I have been given so much. Am I doing what is required? Am I aware of what is being demanded of me so that I can keep moving forward? When the Master shows up, will I be doing what I am supposed to be doing?

I do not know if I can definitively answer these questions, but they are worth asking. They are worth it because it causes me to look up from what I am doing and count my blessings and helps me take the time to be thankful for all that I have. It causes me to reflect on what I have been doing and assess whether there should be a change in direction or an increase of focus on my current activities.

So today, take stock of all that you have in physical and material blessings and give God thanks and praise. Then reflect on how you are using those blessings and graces in your life. When the Lord comes, will God find you doing what is required and demanded? Will God find you doing the minimum or going above and beyond? These are good questions to ask, even if you do not have all the answers yet. But at the very least, when the Lord comes, let God find you….

Keep Living in the Light

Bernie