"Into The Breach"

In the new feature film, St. Ignatius of Loyola, the young feisty Captain de Loyola orders his men to pass through a breach in their fortress walls to face the enemy head on.  They are overwhelmed by their French opponents and Ignatius receives a severe leg injury that gives him a limp the rest of his life.  One could easily judge him as foolhardy for his move into the breach, but in hindsight, it proved the step that eventually led to his conversion and the founding of the Society of Jesus, which, in imitation of its leader, is noted for "entering the breach" time and time again since its beginning in 1540. Those of us who have made the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius know well the challenge to go where we dare not, if indeed we discern it to be God's call.  What may be considered foolish or "irrelevant" by others, in God's sight is just the opposite, helping us to understand better the paradoxical teachings in today's Gospel:  Stop judging and you will not be condemned.  Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.  for the measure with which you will measure will in return be measured out to you. (Lk 6:36-38).
Bro. Rene