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Theo Tigno•
10/24/2006 8:22 am
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Tuesday, October 24th 2006 |
Luke 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples: "Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a return to true femininity for Christian women in the way God has created.
Sure, it's easy to be prepare in the "first watch." This could be right after we just get out of church, or if after a great confession, or after a great prayer meeting.
Personal situation from yesterday: I felt great yesterday morning when I left a true, genuine apology note for an ex-girlfriend. I felt inspired on Thursday to take the relationship before The Blessed Sacrament and take a full inventory, and it was amazing to see how many times my own pride got in the way of conflict and chastity. I began writing a letter to Christ in my sorrow and asking Him for forgiveness of ALL the ways that I have failed to love Him through my failures to love others. I went to confession the following day and had a truly liberating "reconciliation."
On Sunday, I was hiking for the first time in a long time and I had a chance to contemplate things. I realized that the reconciliation should go beyond "me and God." Reconciliation needs to be with the people of God, and especially with those you have hurt.
I left her an honest letter of how sorry I was and how I hoped that she continues to grow in holiness.
That was the first watch. My prayer and encounter with Christ just happened. I allowed Christ to work through me in writing this.
Then, the day happened. Got my teeth cleaned, went to work and had to put out a situation because a contractor got sick, had to solve a problem with a Web site that wasn't functioning correctly, and numerous other "Monday" fires for the business. Second watch.
I got to mass yesterday evening and it was great. I was told at the end of mass by some friends who happened to walk around the church with their baby that my ex-girlfriend and her daughter was there. The third watch didn't have the same sentiment as the first watch. I didn't feel the same "I'm sorry" that I felt at the beginning of the day. I felt the "I'm hurt" of the third watch stress. Last night, I had a lot of work to do and I was really stress by this. One of the particular things I had to do last night was stressful because it had to do with "putting on a band-aid" which means that it's free work.
So as not to make a long email longer, Christ calls us to be "ready" by being prepared. You have to make sure that you have enough fuel for the fire, and yesterday I wasn't consistent in my daily prayers, my diet and my exercise plan. I didn't do the things I needed to do spiritually, physically and emotionally to have enough fuel for the lamp.
Hindsight is... you know... Take care and God Bless.
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