St. Luke was a gifted writer, loyal friend, artist and "dear and glorious physician" whose Gospel highlights God's healing word to a range of sinners and those inflicted by pain from Zaccheus to the widow of Nain. He writes compassionately of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, the women who followed, and the anonymous woman who washed Jesus' feet. The tenderness of Jesus is more evident in his Gospel than in the others because of Luke's own sensitive, artistic soul, which see's Jesus as a healer.
We who read and relish Luke's Gospel can' help but be moved to compassion and tenderness, to a maternal nourishing approach to our faith- in- action as we follow the events in the life of Jesus. In our families, workplaces, in our dealings with our peers or even those who briefly cross our paths, we too can be healers, by listening, by empathizing, by withholding judgment or a crass response, by giving of our time, by simply remembering that we are the healing Jesus for our circle.
Today, 22 of us from Central embark on a bus to Esopus, NY to attend a Marist Youth Encounter with students from our other Marist schools where the encounter with one another will lead to an encounter with this healing Jesus. Please pray that he be present with us through the healing and loving presence of his Holy Spirit. Thank you.
Bro. Rene
Because of my involvement in this "work of mercy and healing" I will not have access to a computer, so there will be no daily bread until Monday.
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