Sometimes I imagine dear God if ever the world would ever stop for a while, when everything and everyone freezes from whatever we are doing so that we can take a break from all that is going on in our lives, both good and bad.
I remember this silly thought as I prayed on your words today as we celebrate the Memorial of the Jesuit St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a very young and wealthy scion during the middle ages. In the first reading, you have called Abram, a very old man at 75 years of age and also very wealthy and prosperous.
I guess we will never stop, O God, because you keep on calling us to you, whether young or old.
And always wealthy.
More than the material wealth and possessions of Abram and St. Aloysius, you call each one of us to serve you because everyone is so blessed with something always to offer and give. Even give up and surrender to you.
You always see each one of us with so much love and trust, of being gifted with so much to offer and give.
Problem is we cannot see ourselves the way you see us.
Too often, we waste our energies and time stopping to look at others, to criticize others and find faults at everyone except us.
How ironic that you see only the good things in us whether young or old while we are busy finding faults and unpleasant things with others!
Help us through Jesus Christ your Son to “Stop judging, that we may not be judged. For as we judge, so shall we be judged, and measures with which we measure will be measured out to us” (cf. Mt.7:1-2).
Please, open our eyes dear God see ourselves the way you see us with love and appreciation for our many gifts and talents that are wasted as we find faults with others. Amen.
