True Persons of God...

THE WORD AND THE SAINT

August 8, 2023: Celebrating St. Dominic
Numbers 12:1-13; Matthew 14: 22-36

The Word speaks of two men of God today - not merely by the popular title but by their very life style and by the way they responded to tough situations. Moses, against whom the very people whom he served grumbled, including his closest collaborators. What did he do? Held it against them? No, that was not becoming of a man of God. Even when Miriam stood affected by her own sin, he intercedes with the Lord, obtaining her health back. he proves to be a man of God.

Jesus the Son of God, the ideal man of God proves himself so, by being so unaffected even when he knew his own disciples knew him not. They did not understand him, they thought him to be an evil spirit. In spite of it, when Peter wishes to walk on the water, he gives him that privilege. He was so patient, kind and gentle with the disciples, because that is the mark of a person of God, a God who abounds in mercy and love.

A third man of God whom we are given with today, is St. Dominic, the 12th century Religious Founder - one who is attributed with the great miraculous event of receiving on our behalf the Marian Rosary. Dominic as the very name means, belonged to God and lived his life for the people of God and for the spread of the Reign of God.

The call is loud and clear - to live for God, for God's people and above all for the establishment of the Reign of God, here and now - just as these true persons of God.