A Focused Jesus

Again we are with Jesus and the fist disciples as we see him cure Peter's mother-in-law and all the people waiting outside that evening, a Gospel Passage we read just recently for a weekday Mass. (cf. Mk 1: 29-39).  Today's passage, however, extends to the next day where we see Jesus up early to go to a deserted place to pray.  In typical fashion, the disciples find him and tell him that the crowds await him...word had evidently spread during the night that cures were there for the asking.  Jesus reacts by suggesting that they move on to the nearby villages where he will preach and cast out demons.  His mission is endless, it seems, at this point, but he doesn't back track.  Fortified my his morning prayer which gave him uninterrupted contact with his Father, he was able to focus on this part of his mission:  preaching, healing, and casting out demons.
Our mission is similar, for Jesus gave it to his disciples then and now.  To carry it out energetically and joyfully, we too NEED TO TAKE TIME EACH MORNING IN A DESERTED PLACE (quiet room...attic?  basement??  chapel???...wherever...to refocus on our mission. Without such daily renewal, we soon run out of steam, lose our joy, and negate what we are all about, what we are called to do.
 Bro. Rene