Sunday, January 3, 2021

Do not complain among yourselves ... pray for courage

Morning: Psalms 66, 67; Sirach 3:3-9, 14-17; 1 John 2:12-17

Evening: Psalm 145; John 6:41-47

Jesus’s hearers complain among themselves ... about him. He does not say: ‘Do not complain about me.’ Instead, he generalizes: ‘Do not complain among yourselves’ ... about anything. Jesus teaches us to attend to what matters, that is, on learning from God. If you focus on trusting that God’s Love will show you the path, you will find satisfaction in life. Grumbling about someone is destructive and gets you nowhere. If you have an issue with someone, pray that Love will show you the path to courage, so that you are able to take the matter up with them directly.

 

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