There is a very touching film that came out a few years ago: The Ultimate Gift. The title alone is intriguing. What is the ultimate gift? We might be quick to say, "my life", and we would be right. "Greater love, has no one, except that one lay down one's life for another". The Church reminds us of that as we remember St. Damian the Leper and St. Stephen, the first martyr. Both gave entirely of themselves: one to the service of the lepers of Molokai, becoming one with them even in their dreaded disease, and the other as witness to the Risen Jesus and the Way which he proposed to his followers. Never stopping his message and forgiving his murderers with his last breath, he gave himself totally to the One he believed and loved. Our lives most likely are not that dramatic, but in many ways, we are asked to give OF ourselves in the course of the 24 hours with which we are gifted when we awake each morning. As I write and as you read, we are not certain of the details of today's gift of self, but we are certain that something will be asked of us that will stretch us and demand more than we at this moment are prepared to give. Let us, then, take a moment to offer an open heart and ready ear to what will be asked, and let these series of little gifts ready us for The Ultimate Gift.
Bro. Rene
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