"Take Care...How You Hear" (Lk 8:18)

These days, we are leary about what we hear in the media or from politicians.  Seems like no one is to be trusted.We have to be careful of what we hear and how we hear it, wondering if even ourselves we are not hearing with biased ears.
When we hear the Gospel read and preached to us, how is our hearing?  At half attention?, No attention?  Full attention?   As beautiful as a homily might be written and presented, how much of it do we hear and retain?   It is easy to wander mentally, or to start retorting and responding to a word or phrase that strikes us.  Or, with open hearts we might hear a sentence such as "love abundantly"and take it as the "message" were meant to hear.  Repeating it often will lead to living it.
Lord, give us ears to hear, a heart to absorb and the courage to live your word.
Bro. Rene