When I taught Totus Tuus, this passage from Mark was a
constant source of solace. Totus
Tuus was a very demanding schedule.
We’d be with children, high school and junior high students or families
all day (save a two hour break) for a week. A frequent source of my meditation was Jesus’ words to his
disciples, “Come away by yourselves to a
deserted place and rest a while.”
These
moments of rest with the Lord didn’t last long this summer. We had Friday evenings and Saturday
mornings to relax and were then off to the next parish. My meditation shifted: while Jesus was
on his way to a break with his friends the crowds beat them to it! Yet Jesus was not selfish with his time
off: “…his heart was moved with pity for
them.”
It’s
no secret we are all busy. Even
when we seek a place of refuge from the busyness of life, duty often
calls. Yet we must take this
Gospel seriously—God wants us to have a break! He wants us to find rejuvenation every day through our daily
prayer. Especially on Sundays he
gives us permission to take a break and rest a while.
When
do you get to rest? When do you
get to go to the desert to be with Jesus?
I hope it is daily and especially on Sunday.
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