Thursday, February 28, 2008

Live in Jesus Christ

A quote from Catherine McAuley:

Unless we live in Jesus Christ, by holy recollection
we can never draw souls to His love and service.

Yesterday I was at one of our Mercy High Schools doing vocation talks with one of our Sisters. One of the things that I said that drew me to religious life was my God quest. Searching for the ever illusive God. Another thing was that I loved to teach, especially teaching religion class to the younger childen.

For me this quote is so appropriate. I can never be able to draw others to Christ if I, myself, do not live in Jesus. My personality might bring people to listen politely about Christ, my education might bring people to have knowledge of Jesus, my positiion and experience might bring people to be reminded of Jesus, but without the spiritual dimension of my living in Christ I cannot model who Jesus is in the world so that people can experience Jesus here and now.

I cannot experience Jesus unless I take time to be with him, to pray to him, to experience him in my world, in other words, to have recollection or reflection on who he is for me and how he is for me and where he is in me.

Today, if Jesus came walking up to you, would he greet you as a dear friend, an acquaintance or as a stranger who has yet to know him?

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