In today's responsorial psalm, we pray: "Blessed the [one] who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on his law day and night."
For all of us, there are times when we encounter wickedness within ourselves; that is, we may be deceitful, impure, immoral, obscene, idolatrous, envious, jealous, greedy, selfish, slothful, lustful, covetous, imprudent, impious, judgmental, unforgiving, uncaring, unkind and whatever other sinful ways the devil dreams up! On the other hand, we will also encounter and act out of the sacred within us: humility, compassion, mercy, gratitude, purity, altruism, self-sacrificing love, patience, prudence, forgiveness, truthfulness and so much more originating from the spirit within us.
St. Paul emphatically says to us: "You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light!" May you and I live in the light today, being light to others and experiencing others as light as well! May we let the light of the Spirit shine through us by the good we choose this day, by our "thank you's," by our being receptive to the help others offer us this day, and/or by our reaching out to our loved ones, our friends, our neighbors by phone or by a note sent out in the mail this day.
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