St. Ignatius, in the this photo from Guelph, is on a journey into the wind. His cape flaps behind him as he marches onward. Following the Lord is not an easy task. Sometimes the head winds push us off course but still we must plod on.
I have a heart that desires to serve the Lord. I think the most wonderful times of my life have been spent in service. That is part of the gratitude that I continue to gather this summer, reflecting on my life and its winding journey. I don't think there is another way I want to live, other than in service to the Lord.
Joshua's people agree in the First Reading that it is their God that has protected them all the way they went and therefore they too will serve the Lord. The Second Reading is the hard to take one for a feminist at first glance, but if one can look beyond that to the lesson of serving within your marriage, loving your spouse, and living with kindness, tenderheartedness, and forgiveness then one sees the sacredness wisdom, and honour that is at the real heart of this reading.
In the Gospel, the disciples struggle with the teaching and ultimatum laid down by Christ today: Unless you eat...you have no life within you. Jesus does not mince words. Peter asks the rhetorical question: Lord, to whom can we go? For Peter there was no one else, no second choice. Jesus was the Holy One of God. I don't know about you, but I am with Peter.
Who will you serve this day?
Peace,
Suzanne
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