Event Of Grace

Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time 

Galatians 1:13-24
Psalm 138(139):1-3,13-15
Luke 10:38-42

One of the earliest communities was founded by St. Paul. He now writes back at them, not about the law but the grace of salvation in Jesus Christ. To buttress the point further, Paul presents to the Galatians his credentials, as it were.

He was a sincere, zealous Jew, and, yes, he persecuted the Christians. He encountered Christ and his life was changed. True, he is not one of the Twelve but he knew Peter and James and had spent time with them.

By God’s grace, he was called to bring the Good News to the Gentiles. Indeed, If you have heard bad things about me, know that the communities in Judea give God praise because a former persecutor is now a preacher of the faith that he had tried to destroy.

Karl Rahner describes the event of grace as living as we would like to live, combating our egoism and continual temptation to inner despair. When we experience laughter or tears, bear responsibility, breakthrough egoism in our lives with others; one hope against hope, face the shallowness and stupidity of the daily rush and bustle with humor and patience, refuse to become embittered; where someone learns to be silent and in this inner silence lets the evil in his heart die rather than spread outward. This is the event of grace.

In today’s gospel passage, we see our merciful Lord visiting his friends in their home and they saw him with great hospitality. In this scenario, we see the
preoccupation, restlessness, and anxiety of Martha as against Mary her sister who listened to Jesus at his feet and gave him undivided attention.

The lesson for Martha, Mary, and all of us is that we should welcome Jesus into our home but essentially into our hearts. We must balance our spirituality starting from intensive interior life of prayer to the work of the apostolate, that is, “be contemplative indoors and apostles outdoors. “-Joseph Marello.

Let us create time you be with God, write our letters in life, and do our daily work.
The one who began the good work in us will see it to completion. God’s grace is at work, his presence with us in our adventures, enjoying with us what God wants us to enjoy.

Fr Joseph Osho