Last Wednesday I was caught in the excitement of our first
day of school at St. John’s. I had
just made lunch and was walking over to the teacher’s lounge when I looked at
my watch. Immediate panic set in
as I realized I had eight minutes to get to Mass with you! I threw down my lunch, grabbed my truck
keys and was lucky I didn’t get a ticket on the way. And after all this, Sr. Jean Anne called and said Fr. Lee
had Mass.
As
a priest, my calendar runs my life.
I look at it in the morning, before I go to bed and frequently
throughout the day. When I forget
about my schedule chaos ensues.
I
mention this, because chaos comes when we are not focused on Christ throughout
our day. Sin is the worst example
of this as we take eyes off God and choose something else. Frequently in Confession I hear people
say, “I was doing so well and then I messed up and I’ve been off track ever
since.”
But
even when we are doing well we can go through a day without looking to
Christ. We may do good things
throughout the day—go to Mass, pray the Office and serve our neighbor—without remembering
our Lord.
We
must remember it’s all about Christ: “Christ
Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation…he is
before all things…”
Throughout our day we ought to pause and raise our eyes to heaven to
remember what we should be living for.
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