Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival” (Luke 12:37).
St. Paul spent the latter part of his life establishing Churches (Christian faith communities) because he knew the importance of mutual support, encouragement, and accountability.
The following has been heavily borrowed and adapted, from Abbot Paul Delatte’s commentary on Chapter 2 of the Rule of St. Benedict (The Rule of Saint Benedict: A Commentary, The Archabbey Press, 1950, pp. 54-55):
“A Church is a school of mutual sanctification. The care which each member takes in putting other people’s accounts in order will make him more attentive to his own account. The very fact that he has to carry other souls naturally leads him to watch over himself. Being bound to seek the amendment of others by one’s way of life will cause him to redouble the fidelity of his life.
Additionally, the members of the Body of Christ can profit from the constant contact with good souls. Until the day when we shall contemplate God face to face, we will nowhere see Him more clearly than in souls.”
Reflection by Br. Jacob Kubajak, OSB
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