God has never rejected his people.
God, you are so mysterious to me. I do so want to have a sense of how you are present to me, how you call me, and what you really promise me.
Today I read Paul on how you love the Jewish people completely, never revoking your choice, but still extending your love through Jesus to me. I feel that I can only really find you through Jesus: ‘Whoever sees me, sees the Father.’
And Jesus constantly tells his disciples that they will find you through humility. Perhaps I try too hard to find your face, operating out of what I think I know for sure, instead of letting you find me in my humility. That’s what this parable of the wedding feast seems to be about.
Lord, only you can heal me in my yearnings. Teach me to hope more strongly in you.
天主聖三，我們感謝你將教宗若望保祿二世，賜給教會，使他彰顯天父的慈愛、基督十字架的光榮，及聖神愛的光輝。他完全信賴你的無限仁慈，及聖母瑪利亞慈母般的轉求。他給予我們耶穌善牧的生動肖像，並為我們指出成聖是基督信徒日常生活的必然本分，又是通往與你永恆共融的道路。請你因教宗若望保祿二世的轉求，依照你的旨意，賜給我們所需的恩寵。願他早日被列入諸聖的名冊。亞孟。
