The Spirituality of letting go!

WORD 2day: Monday, 12th week in Ordinary time

June 26, 2023: Genesis 12: 1-9; Matthew 7: 1-5

Beginning today, we will be presented with Abraham for our reflection for the next few days. What was so special about Abraham? From the very first moment the Word clarifies that for us. Leave your country and your people, calls the Lord and there he is, doing it with such confidence. He lets go of everything, everything that gave him an identity. His place, his people, his traditions, every bit of his comfort zone!

To let go... that is the spirituality offered to us, as a call to discipleship. If we are truly people of God, disciples of Christ, we should be ready to let go... to let go of anything that do not actually matter. Above all the challenge to let go refers to, letting go of our opinions is the most challenging of all.

The Gospel presents to this crucial and typical challenge: to let go... to let go of our opinions and judgements and prejudices of people and to be open minded. How many new experiences we would have lost because of our opinionated approach! How many enriching encounters we would have lost because of our prefixed judgements! How many growth experiences we would have lost because of our prejudiced mindset. How prepared are we to let go?

The spirituality of letting go involves not holding on to what does not matter truly in life. When I am able to decide firmly that it is only God who matters, and nothing more than that... not even my own thinking and opinions, dreams and projects, then I am guided by the right spirit, the spirit of the Reign... the spirituality of letting go!