Dai­ly Reflec­tion
Decem­ber 3, 2008

GOD WILL PROVIDE

You have heard the old adage: “when the pupil is ready, the teacher will appear”. Well Sr. Mary appeared in my life 35 years ago. We were on a retreat and she told me, with great excitement,

“I have been giv­en per­mis­sion to open a House of Prayer in Harrisburg…oh, Sis­ter Mary, that is great. Who will come to your House of Prayer?…Anyone and every­one. It will be open and free for everyone…But, Sis­ter Mary, how will it pay for itself if it is free?…Oh, God will Pro­vide. I am not wor­ried.”
This is a sto­ry I have to return to when I get wor­ried. This is a time when many peo­ple are wor­ried. The eco­nom­i­cal, polit­i­cal, envi­ron­men­tal sit­u­a­tions in our world are in tur­moil. Every day we hear more sad news. Some folks have sworn off the news because it is depressing.

Here we have this verse from Isa­iah that reminds us that God has pre­pared a feast for us. It is not all meant to be in the after­life. It is meant to be here on earth also. One of the key lines:

“On this moun­tain he will destroy the veil that veils all peo­ples…”
Says to me that we often have to have veils removed from our eyes and hearts. The veils are doubt, dis­be­lief, neg­a­tiv­i­ty. We have a chal­lenge before us. Can we believe that the prob­lems of the world, of the U.S. can be turned around? Can we believe in pos­si­bil­i­ties? Can we look for the pos­si­ble? Can we help cre­ate a New World, not just for our­selves, but for oth­ers also.

God wants us to be hap­py, to pros­per, to share life and love with one anoth­er. God Pro­vides by giv­ing us the Spir­it to be coura­geous in times of trou­ble; to be lov­ing in times of grief; to build com­mu­ni­ties of care with one anoth­er. I know that if Sr. Mary was here today she would ask:

“How is your God Pro­vid­ing for you????
And are you help­ing God pro­vide for Others???”