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Memorial
of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin
(Exodus
3:1-6.9-12; Matthew 11:29-27)
Moses
sounds like other prophets when, called by God, he tries to evade
responsibility. Feeling incapable of
carrying out the Lord’s mission, he asks the Lord, “’Who am I that I should go
to Pharoah…?’” God gives Moses an identity no doubt unanticipated in his
question. Moses is the one whom “’I will
be with…’” Assured of God’s presence, how could he not try to carry out the
mission?
God also
went with St. Kateri Tekakwitha, whom we remember today. She was persecuted by her Iroquois tribe when
she became a Christian. From her native village
in what is now upper New York state, she walked two hundred miles to a
Christian, native community near Montreal.
As a demonstration of God’s presence to her, she spent her four
remaining years living an exemplary Christian life. Like Moses as well, many marvelous deeds accredited
to her.
Let us not
doubt that God goes with us as well. We
carry him close to our hearts when we pray regularly. There is no need of shame to ask for the
gifts we need to serve him well. More patience, more humility, more
understanding – whatever we find lacking in ourselves. We just have to pray for these virtues sincerely
and wait to receive them.
