An Abundance of Graces for Every Good Work

In today's first reading, 2 Cor 9: 6-10, St. Paul confidently says to you: "God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work....The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply our seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness."

We see this fulfilled and prophesied for us through Christ Jesus: in the life of His Mother, in whom and through whom "every grace [was made] abundant";  in the first miracle of the loaves (Mark 6: 30-44), the second miracle of the loaves (Mark 8: 1-10), in His sending of the disciples out in twos to preach the Good News and having all they needed to do so;  in the many, many miracles performed by Jesus in healing the sick and raising the dead to life,  in Jesus' sufferings and death and resurrection ("the harvest of our righteousness"); in the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2: 1-13).

Let us reflect for a moment on the statement: "God is able to make every grace abundant for you."  
"Every grace"! Not just a grace but "every grace!"  For you, for me, might that not mean, in part,  the following:

• The grace of existence itself and multiplying good works as a human being with intelligence
• The grace of being one's unique self and developing that uniqueness
• The grace of being faithful to our vows (marriage, religious, priestly)
• The grace of strengthening our faith
• The grace of doing what is right and good and just and loving and caring and helpful
• The grace of helping the poor in need
• The grace of parenting with patience, wisdom, understanding and compassion
• The grace of growing in holiness
• The grace of deepening our intimacy--at-oneness, union--with the Lord, with our spouse/fellow religious, with others with whom we share life on this planet; growing in sacrificial self-giving and loving of others for God's sake and also growing in intimacy with oneself, that is, growing in self-knowledge and self-reflection 
• The grace of seeing God in all things created:  all human beings living on planet Earth, the plant and animal kingdom, the universe itself

And much more because "the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply our seed..."--in particular, seeds of good works for the sake of the Kingdom!