Shedding a Little Light

“They asked Abraham, ‘Where is your wife, Sarah?’ He replied, ‘There in the tent.’ One of them said, ‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son.’” Genesis 18:9-10

“There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, and it will not be taken from her." Luke 10:42

“We think time determines prayer, but prayer determines time. We think our lack of time is the cause of our lack of prayer, but our lack of prayer is the cause of our lack of time.” Dr. Peter Kreeft

Our lives are filled with lists. Never-ending lists. Gift lists. Chore lists. Grocery lists. We may even have a list of the lists we need to make!! There is so much to do that we can get lost in the chaos of tasks. Without taking some time to discern the items on our list and then taking a larger view as to how those lists fit in with our day, we may miss our entire life all together. Too busy doing, instead of living. Too busy organizing things, instead of tending our relationships with people. Too busy running errands, instead of stopping to pray and see and listen.

Mary, in today’s gospel, has chosen the better part. She took the time to stop and look at Jesus. She sat by Him and listened to Him. She knew that He would not always be right there in person, so she made the most of those moments. We, too, must take advantage of moments with Jesus. We need to spend time talking to Jesus in prayer and listening to him in silence. Abraham and Sarah prayed for a child and in God’s time they received the answer to their prayer. The lists will wait and as an old poem says, “the cobwebs will keep.” Always put time in prayer as a priority. In fact, if the only way it can happen is to add it to the list, then, by all means, put it on the list! BUT make it #1 on all your lists. After all, we are human beings, not human- do-ings. So, Go... Be ...Sit with God...Pray... Listen… And watch God expand the universe of your time! Prayer is how we …

Keep Living in the Light

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