27th September, 2013: Remembering St. Vincent de Paul
The Lord who commissioned us yesterday,'rebuild my house', today assures us that we are not alone on the job! "Work, for I am with you... My Spirit abides among you, fear not!" says the Lord today. When we sincerely consider the mission entrusted to us, as the work of God, we would dare go to any extent in accomplishing it. No amount of struggles or sufferings could keep Jesus away from looking into what was in store for him, with serenity and faith. He rests assured that his God would vindicate him, defend him and deliver him, as the psalmist prays in the responsorial today. The readings today and the saint of today St. Vincent de Paul, remind us today that we have no reason to lose hope, no excuse to give up, even if every thing around us seem to be grim and gloomy. Let us be on the task, keep doing our bit to 'rebuild the house', rejuvenate humanity, put God into a world that tends so easily to be godless!