The invitation from the Lord today is two fold. From our
first reading, we are invited to reflect back and to identify the good gifts
that God has given us because of our fidelity and righteousness before him. The
Lord has indeed blessed us: can we name those blessings and then with gratitude
and humility, acknowledge the Giver of those gifts.
Secondly, Jesus invites us to bear fruit for Him. He wants
us to work with him to bring about good things in the world. In what ways can
we bear fruit for the Lord that will last? Perhaps in the way we hand on our
faith and values to our children and grandchildren; the way in which we reach
out in random acts of kindness; the way in which we love and give and
forgive. In these ways, we bring about
fruit that reflects our faith in, and our Love for, Jesus Christ.
Today then, we give thanks for blessings received and we
recommit ourselves to being instruments of God’s working in the world.
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