"Adoration will heal our
Church and thus our nation and thus our world... Adoration touches everyone and
everything... [because it touches the Creator, Who touches everything and
everyone]... When we adore, we plug into infinite dynamism and power. Adoration
is more powerful for construction than nuclear bombs are for destruction,"-
Peter Kreeft, philosopher at Boston College
Gospel Text: (LK 10:38-42)
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha
welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet
listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving,
came to him and said,
“Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to
do the serving?
Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and
worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
A rip current is a strong channel of
water that flows out to sea and can drag swimmers away from the shore with
alarming speed and strength. But you don’t have to swim in the ocean to feel
that kind of pull. Ideas, obligations, and desires tug powerfully at us every
day. And the only way to avoid disaster is to swim out of their current—to do
what Mary did and take time to sit in God’s presence.
Sit with him and let him speak to you:
about your life, about his life in you, about his love for you. Open your heart
to him without fear of what will follow. Whatever your shortcomings, failings
and weaknesses, he loves, loves, loves you! He delights in giving himself to
everyone who is ready to receive it. You can sit, as Mary did, unashamed and
truthful about your life, and soak up the Father’s love for you. This is the
better part!
This story of Martha and Mary shows us
that experiencing God’s love is the most healing, empowering, inspiring thing
we can do. Better than any good work, and more desirable to the Lord, is the
flow of love and affection, of knowing and being known, between him and you.
Yes, he sees your deepest sins, but he looks deeper still. He knows your
desires for holiness, purity, and innocence. He knows the “real you” that longs
to please him, to help people, and to build his kingdom. He knows the “you”
that is willing to swim out of the current of anything that pulls you away from
him.
Nothing is more motivating,
encouraging, or inspiring than tasting God’s love. This is no passive
acceptance of sin and weakness. Knowing the Father’s love, and being intimately
known by him, can move you to part with sin and to overcome failure. It can
build strength where you are weak. Knowing his love can release his life in you
more fully and allow you to become exactly the person he created you to be.
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