Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Love always looks for what is best for others (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).
Before a person can love in the way God asks, that person must be able to trust God and let go of self-desires. This can only happen with God’s grace, and it may take a lifetime.
Joseph suffered much at the hands of his brothers. But the marks of his experiences and God’s grace transformed him into someone whom his brothers did not recognize. He, in turn, acted as God’s instrument to help purify his brothers and extend to them God’s love.
Jesus called the twelve apostles to a radical dependence on God out of love for the lost sheep of the House of Israel. How else would they be able to “cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, and drive out demons” (Matthew 10:8)? Through their own efforts, these things would be impossible.
Love is a choice in which God increases and I decrease (John 3:30).
Reflection by Br. Jacob Kubajak, OSB
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