Each reflection is offered as a gift of personal insight or discovery shared from the heart. May these words touch your heart and be a source of nourishment and hope for your spirit.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tuesday, December 2
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24
“Blessed are the eyes …”
“Blessed are the eyes” of the four women martyrs of El Salvador, Maura, Ita, Dorothy, and Jean.“They could see the revelation of the Lord and they could hear His voice.”Although the teaching of justice and compassion had been offered to the wise and the learned in that country, the powerful could not see nor hear what the Lord held out to them.The women had been “childlike” in their trust to whom the Lord had revealed his love and his desire to “rescue the poor when (they) cry out and attend to the afflicted when there was no one to help them.” They longed to bring peace to that troubled land, to serve those in need and lift their spirits in hope, but the ruthless found them too challenging, too much.
What was cut short in the lives of Maura, Ita, Dorothy and Jean, continues in the hearts of those who love them still. The power of Love, and the Spirit of the Lord hovers over all who work until Justice shall flourish...and the fullness of peace… reign forever.”That is our hope; that is our call.
