Thursday, November 13, 2008

Ready for Anything

I am ready for anything in order to do His will. Only pray, I beseech you, that I spend whatever little life is left in me for His glory...--St. Pio
 
Padre Pio was in his twenties when he wrote these words. He lived until he was 81 glorifying his Lord. I pray this be our prayer, our motto, our creed. "Ready for anything,...whatever.. for His glory.." It sounds so simple, so holy, so spiritual, and it is, but it looks like serving others when we would rather go home and sit on the couch, visiting people in jail and reminding them that God has not forgotten them, going through our closets ever so often and giving away clothes we don't need, helping out with the nursery at church, spending time before the Blessed Sacrament in the Tabernacle, praying the rosary daily, smiling at people when we don't feel like it, growing in the virtues of faith, hope, and love,... Padre Pio's life was not his own, it belonged to His Savior and Friend. Every baptized child of God is being led to this deeper love, whether they know it or not. "Whatever little life is left in me for His glory.", Lord, let this be our prayer too. Help us in this Lord, and pray for us Padre Pio.
 
wkm
 
St. Francis

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