In today's first reading, Ezekiel 47: 1-9, 12, an angel brings Ezekiel to the entrance of the temple of the Lord. he sees water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east and from other directions as well. He wades through the water until it is waist deep and a river is flowing through the waters and too deep to wade through. The angel then had Ezekiel sit down on the bank of the river and said to him: "This water...empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh. Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creatures that can multiply shall live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh. Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow; their leaves shall not fade, nor their fruit fail. Every month they shall bear fresh fruit, for they shall be watered by he flow from the sanctuary. Their fruit shall serve for food, and their leaves for medicine."
Wonder from where your freshness comes? The water Ezekiel saw, I believe, flows in the form of grace throughout our days, grace that promotes life in the entire universe. Day in and day out, you and I have the freshness we need to bear fruit in our encounters, our endeavors, our efforts to do good and confront evil! Every day, birds are singing, animals prancing, fruit trees and gardens bearing products that give us nourishment!
All things are made new each day by the "river" of God's creative love flowing in abundance throughout the lands in which we live. May God be praised morning, noon and night for His goodness to us!
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