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Catholic Charities USA
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Readings of the Day
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These are complicated readings for me, but so full of wisdom which I
need to hear. First, I am struck by the reminder that Jesus
absolutely and unreservedly relies on God; he never acts alone, but
moves from an unconditional trust in the One who is the Source of all
good. How often do I engage in service as if everything depends
on me alone, without pausing to entrust myself (and my work) to the
God who is ever-present?
Second, I recognize that I respond to these passages - the story
of the serpent being raised up on a pole by Moses and Jesus'
remark about being lifted up - from my foreknowledge of what we
see each Good Friday: the image of Jesus' tortured body, pierced
through and transfixed to a cross, hung there to die, for all to see.
How fully do I look into the eyes of the crucified Christ and
reverence our common humanity and vulnerability? Am I similarly
willing to look deeply into the eyes of those we serve and acknowledge
the blessing of our shared struggles and suffering? So often
those we assist through Parish Social Ministry hang upon crosses of
indifference, rejection or complacency. It is only when we raise
our eyes and look - really look - into their eyes that we
can avoid the social norm to blame them for the adverse circumstances
in which they find themselves and acknowledge who they truly are
- Beloved children of our good God, brothers and sisters in
Christ.
Indeed, as Pope Francis continually teaches us, those who are poor
have much to give us: "To love God and neighbor is not
something abstract, but profoundly concrete: it means seeing in every
person the face of the Lord to be served, to serve him concretely.
And you are, dear brothers and sisters, the face of
Jesus." Let us then, during these final days of Lent, look
through the eyes of Love upon those who call on our help, and be
graced to see the face of Christ.
Sister Lisa Bergeron, o.s.u., an Ursuline Sister of Tildonk, is
Director of Parish Social Ministry at St. John Nepomucene Church in
Bohemia, NY.
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