Monday of the
Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
(Ezra 1:1-6; Luke 8:16-18)
In the 1950s and 1960s civil rights activists sang, “This
little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.” They saw themselves as small beams of light
in the ongoing struggle with the darkness of racial bigotry and prejudice. The song, written in the early part of the
last century, recalls Jesus’ words of the gospel today.
Jesus wants his disciples to understand that they have been chosen to reflect the light of God’s grace.
Christianity is not a private religion in the sense that Jesus’
followers might pray on Sunday and be indifferent to their neighbors on
Monday. Quite the contrary, Christian
prayer should lead to action on behalf of the needy.
There is a story about a Quaker prayer meeting once attended
by a non-member. As their habit, the
Quakers were sitting in quiet meditation which discomforted the guest. The guest turned to the Quaker sitting at his
side and whispered, “When does the service begin?” The Quaker responded, “The service begins as
soon as the prayer ends!”
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