In today’s first reading,
2 Cor 11:1-11, Paul states that he “betrothed…[the Corinthians] to one husband
to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But, [he says,] I am afraid that,
as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from
a sincere and pure commitment to Christ.”
In my meditation this
morning I was bemoaning my infidelity to the Lord in small things: not being
totally honest, giving in to gossip from time to time or at times exaggerating
a point to make a point, to be noticed
or presumably to be accepted; giving in to pride or whatever.
The Lord then let me know
who He is in my life. “Dorothy Ann, I, not Paul betrothed you as a chaste
virgin to Christ. I am not afraid, as Paul was, that Satan, the Father of Lies,
the Great Deceiver, will corrupt you. I
am your Redeemer. I live in you to protect you from Satan’s deceitful
ways. Will you fall from time to time?
Yes! That is sin in you. Will you rise
after a fall? Yes! That is grace in you.
Your honesty with me in prayer is a grace that purifies you every time
you come to me in prayer, in the Eucharist and in the sacrament of
reconciliation.”
Who is God for you? What do you do when you are discouraged after a fall?
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