Following up on the end of last week’s comments, “Sometimes the hardest people to reach out to are our own family and friends.” We have Amos being chastised and told to “get lost” by the local priest. Like Amos, we would respond, “I was no prophet, nor have I belonged to a company of prophets.” The Lord expects each of us to reach out and proclaim the truth that God has revealed to those around us. Each of us, by virtue of our baptism, are called to be prophets -that is spokespersons for God. We do this because God has “blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him.”
While Francis of Assisi took to heart the command of Jesus in today’s Gospel, most of us are not important. In whom do we trust to provide for our needs? So often we presume that it is our currency, or savings, or hard work that provides for our needs. Yet, how quickly can those disappear? There is a saying that says, “work as if everything depends on you, but pray because everything depends on God.” It says on our currency “In God We Trust”, yet so often we seem to omit God from our daily lives. Perhaps appreciating God’s providence is something we can all work on improving in our lives.
Countenance of God 