Saturday, 6/28/14
In the Gospel, after Mary and Joseph had located their
twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple, they brought him back with them to
Nazareth. The account ends with Luke telling us, “He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these things in her
heart.”
Today we honor that heart of Mary, and in doing so, we
imagine her keeping all those things in that heart. From that we might go on to
considering all the long moments when we are alone with out thoughts. Shakespeare
referred to such moments as “The sessions
of sweet silent thought.”
Although we are capable of introspection, we spend little
time alone with our deep thoughts. Through all our hours of sleep, and through our
hours of getting through our days, we give little time to considering just who
we are, and what we are doing here in the midst of eternity.
Still, like Mary, we are faced with figuring what’s it all
about. And, for guidance, we could take what Mary said to Gabriel, “Behold the
handmaid of the Lord. Be it done to me according to your word.”
That tells us that for those sessions of sweet silent
thought we should let two considerations dominate. First we should heighten our
awareness of our living and moving in God’s presence. Secondly, we should aim
our thoughts at discerning what God wants us to do now.
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