He was an American grad student. She was a Haitian orphan. As he held her, he heard Jesus gently challenge “Do you see me?”
Mother Teresa often prayed “let us see Jesus in His distressing disguise.” Do you see Him? In your neighbor, your family, your friends, or loved ones, do you see Him? Do you see Him in the homeless, the abandoned, the dying, the sick, the incarcerated, the person who is on your nerves? “You should love the Lord your God with all your heart, your mind, your soul, and your strength and your neighbor as yourself.” In Mother Teresa’s letter to those participating in the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing she asked “But how can I love myself unless I accept myself as God has made me?” So the question remains: Do you see Him in yourself? Do you see His presence in your life? Maybe you can see Him in your goodness; can you see Him in your brokenness?
In Acts 3:1-11 (check it out below), the gate where the beggar cries out for alms and receives healing with faith is called Beautiful. How beautiful, albeit uncomfortable, are the Crossroads? How do we see beauty in brokenness? As He blessed and broke the bread, the same is true of His body. Though not a bone was broken, He pours out all of Himself. All for love’s sake, He became poor. Though the poverty of the cross is beautiful I am invited to see the beauty of my own brokenness. Can we see beauty in the poverty of the cross? Do we see Christ in His distressing disguise? Do we see Him in others as well as ourselves? If Fr. Landry claims the fulcrum of the Theology of the Body is life in the Holy Spirit, how do I live this truth when my body is broken and my spirit weak? How do I not live it – especially here?There is a poverty I must accept and reconcile by placing it before God who alone can fulfill the desires of my heart. How do I hear and accept the invitation to see this place of poverty, this gap between who I am and who I am wanting to be, with grace and thanksgiving? How do I see this reality as it is – beautiful?
Lord, give us eyes to see your healing love in the areas we are weakest and most impatient with ourselves and others. Give us purity of heart, which is the precondition for your vision (CCC 2519). Bl. Pier Giorgio,
pray we may see with eyes of faith and we may love with hearts of purity.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in (Amata Means Beloved)
Verso l'alto,
Kathryn
Waiting for something beautiful
God Bless the Broken Road
“Never focus on the problem; you can’t see the solution.”
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