THE WORD AND THE SAINT
September 27, 2019: Remembering St. Vincent de Paul
Haggai 1:15 - 2:9; Luke 9: 18-22
Each of us has a mission entrusted to us - how big it is or how simple it is, are totally irrelevant questions because, big or small, it is important! In our own way, as we accomplish the life mission that we are given with, we are building the house of the Lord, rebuilding the temple of the Lord, establishing the Reign of God. We need to realise it - that is precisely the call today.
When we sincerely realise that and accept it to our hearts, we would dare go to any extent in accomplishing it. We see that 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 and the saint we remember today, St. Vincent de Paul, remind us 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 at our task, let us keep doing our bit to 'rebuild the house', rejuvenate humanity, and put God into a world that tends so easily towards being godless!