Friday, 1/16/18
Today we honor St. Timothy
whom Paul put in charge of the Church throughout Ephesus, and of Titus whom
Paul set to lead the Church on the whole island of Crete.
To Timothy Paul wrote,
"I remind you to stir into flame the gifts that God has given you."
To Titus Paul wrote, "I left you on the Island of Crete that you might set
right what remains to be done there."
It makes us wonder to what
degree you and I have accomplished the Lord's work in the place where God has planted
us.
That question puts me in mind
of a conversation I had with two priests fifty years ago. Father Murray was the
priest in charge of the Catholic church in the Korean county of Bupyung, Father
Connors was in charge of the church in the county of Kangnung. I had the whole
county of Yang Yang as my parish.
One day fathers Murray and
Connors came by as they were driving back an ambulance belonging to the Sister's dispensary in Chunchon. I went along with them;
and as we were bouncing along, Father Murray put a question to us. He asked, "When
you wake up sin the morning what is the first thing you think about?"
Father Connors and I did nor
have quick answer, so we asked Father Murray what he thought of. He said,
"I always wonder when our next party would be."
Timothy and Titus would have
had different answers than that, what about you. (The Jaguars are no longer all
we think about.)
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