The Catholic Calendar
and Daily Meditation
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
http://new.usccb.org/bible/readings/120111.cfm
Isaiah 26:1-6
Psalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
Matthew 7:21, 24-27
A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
Anyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them. . . .
It is not enough to listen. Action is called for! It is insufficient to know what is good to do; one must do the good that God has asked from one.
You have heard that we are many parts, but we are all one body. The gifts we have, we have been given to share. That means each of us performs a unique, required task within the body of Christ. Each of us does some good that no other person can do. Some have ministry for feeding the poor, others visit the sick and the shut-in; still others help out the Church in its various ministries.
Each person has a task, a form of good that only that person may do. Even though many may visit the sick, the visit of one particular soul to another may be more efficacious than dozens of visits made by another - not because the other person is not good, but because God has given us our particular tasks - and when we cooperate with them, we multiply the bounty of His Goodness through our obedience.
So, do not worry about the tasks given to others - tend to those that God brings particularly to you. In this way you will multiply the blessings given the body of Christ and you will please God so that He will shower you with more gifts and more tasks. Everything you undertake should be undertaken solely for the love of God.
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