Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time - Luke
8:16-18
Today’s Gospel is very short; it is just a few
verses. In this Gospel, Jesus is instructing his disciples that the purpose of
the light is to illuminate the room in which it is placed. Thus the lamp should
be well placed so that the entire space is illuminated.
Then Jesus shifts his direction. He says that
nothing will be hidden and everything will be visible. As he continues he says
that all will be revealed: all secrets will be revealed and become known by
others. Those words are intimidating to me! Personally I don’t want my life
laid out for everyone to see! Would you? Most of my life is pretty normal.
However, I still would not want everything about me revealed! If others did
know everything about me, they might judge me or think of me differently.
I don’t think Jesus expects us to take these
words literally. Perhaps these words are an invitation to us. He may simply be
inviting us to pause and ask ourselves: Is there some area in my life that I
truly would like to change? Is there something I want to stop doing? This week
may we take the time to ponder Jesus’s words and ask: what is Jesus inviting us
to do?
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