Wednesday of the
Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
(Colossians 1:1-8; Luke 4:38-44)
Reading today’s gospel, we get the impression that Jesus
was a much busier man than he wanted to be.
He arises at daybreak to steal off and pray, but the crowds follow
him. He wants to intentionally preach
God’s Kingdom in different places, but the people harass him to work exclusively
among them. Perhaps we too know well Jesus’
predicament.
Some of us, likewise inclined to retreat and pray, find this
propensity compromised by urgent needs. We
have to respond to the demands and requests others make on us for the common
good. Our response, however, will be
more efficacious when we do not abandon prayer.
Rather we should base our efforts on it.
In prayer we discern what is necessary for us to do and find God’s assistance
in doing it.
