We read this prayer in Deuternonmy, so appropriate for this rainy morning: "May my instruction soak in like the rain,/ and my discourse permeate like the dew,/ like a downpour upon the grass,/ like a shower upon the crops." Deut 32: 2) If you have been working in the garden these past few days, you've noticed how dry the soil is. This rain is much needed. If soil can dry out so quickly, how about our souls? The need for daily "watering" via prayer, reflection on the Word of God, Mass, service to others is apparent, especially if we find ourselves lacking that "zip" in what we do, looking or feeling tired and disinterested, simply moving by rote.
We remember St. Anthony of Padua today, so popular among American Italians, and all who have lost something. Yet it took a lot of soaking for him to realize his true place in this world, once a monk, then a Franciscan Friar, a would-be preacher to the Saracens and seeker of a martyr's crown. No, he ended up a teacher and preacher, and a good one at that. The secret is to allow what we are doing, hearing, etc. to penetrate like the soaking rain.
Bro. Rene
This might not be published on Wednesday...a phone call and visitor interrupted my attempt to complete this before nine am. Whatever...
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