26th September, 2013
"Rebuild my house" - the famous call that set St. Francis of Assisi in motion. We hear the same words today, not just from the Word today but also from the World today. Like Francis of Assisi who misunderstood that call and set about initially building the ruined chapel, it is possible that we limit this "my house" in the Word of God to the Church. Pope Francis has time and again warned us within this short papacy of his. When the Lord laments, "my house is in ruins" God refers to the entire humanity - is it not to dwell in humanity that the mystery of Incarnation and the story of salvation was realised? Killings in the name of God, killings for money or power, manipulation of the poor and the powerless by the moneyed and the muscled, destruction caused by greed and avarice - humanity, the house of God, is in ruins! "Rebuild my house," commissions the Lord. Am I doing my bit?