"Diversity" a word that permeates our "politically correct" language and even dictates policy. Jesus was ahead of all this, calling 12 very diverse men, ranging to fishermen to political activists, with even a traitor among them, as we read in today's Gospel passage, Mt 10: 107. Today is also the Memorial of St. Benedict, born in 480 AD in Rome, just after the "Fall" of the Empire, and in a time of political uncertainty and moral decline. He and his twin sister, Scholastica, left this world behind them, and Benedict, having lived in solitude for three years on Mount Subiaco, joined a monastery where his welcome was displayed by two attempts to poison him. Leaving, he founded his own and eventually built Monte Cassino where he wrote the Benedictine Rule, which continues to attract and inspire men and women today. In all Benedictine monasteries, diversity naturally occurs, as God's call is given across the boards to all.
We might search our souls today to see if we are "listening with our hearts" to God's call to us to welcome all into our lives and generously share with them the gifts God has so generously given to us.
Bro. Rene
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