True Greatness in Utter Simplicity

Thursday, 11th week in Ordinary Time

June 21, 2018: Sir 48: 1-14; Mt 6: 7-15

Elijah is singled out in the book of Sirach, among the 27 great persons of God praised for their life and accomplishments. Elijah wins that place in his simplicity, in the simplicity with which he trusted in the Lord, the simplicity with which he carried out every single command or wish  of the Lord, that simplicity with which he endured his hardships, knowing certainly that the Lord is in control of everything. That was his true greatness.

It is said Elijah was taken up in the whirlwind of fire...he could not die! His life was so simple that he could have died. This is what Jesus says, when you truly believe in Christ, you would not die, you would have eternal life, the endless life that belongs to God alone! It is all in the simplicity with which you live, believe and behold God.

This is the very same simplicity that Jesus lived and taught us...the Our Father is an epitome of simplicity prescribed to us not only as a prayer, but as a way of life, as a Spirituality that comes very close to the mind of Christ. How simple are our prayers? How simple is our faithful trust in the Lord? How simple is our relationship with God on a daily basis...that would be our way to true greatness!