“When you look at the inner
workings of electrical things, you see wires. Until the current passes through
them, there will be no light. That wire is you and me. The current is God. We
have the power to let the current pass through us, use us, to produce the light
of the world, Jesus, in us. Or we can refuse to be used and allow darkness to
spread.” – Mother Teresa
(Scripture
Text)
"There is one God, the Father, from Whom
all things come and for Whom we live." —1 Corinthians 8:6
After the consecration at Mass, at the
completion of the Eucharistic prayer and just before Holy Communion, we pray in
reference to Jesus: "Through Him, with Him, and in Him..." When we
pray these words at this most precious moment, are we giving lip service to God
(see Mt 15:8), or are we saying that ‘life’ means Christ" (Phil 1:21) and
Jesus is Life? (Jn 14:6)
Is everything in our lives done
"through Him"? Do we realize emphatically that without Jesus we can
do nothing? (Jn 15:5) Are we little children who depend completely on the Lord
(Mt 18:3), or are we trying to do our own thing? Do we live conscious of being
"with Him"? Do we practice the presence of God? Are we constantly
aware of Jesus' promise that He would be with us always and forever? (Mt 28:20)
Are we aware that the Trinity lives "in" us and we "in"
Him? "Test yourselves to see whether you are living in faith; examine
yourselves. Perhaps you yourselves do not realize that Christ Jesus is in
you" (2 Cor 13:5).
Who cares
about the "in thing?" We live in God and He in us (1 Jn 4:16). Live
and pray: "Through Him, with Him, and in Him..."
We don't need to be
"with it" but "with Him."
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