April 2

Readings for the Day: GN 17:3-9, PS 105:4-9, JN 8:51-59

As I am prone to do, I’d like to zero in on one line from today’s readings. And you don’t need to go far to find it. It is the first half of the first line of the First Reading: “When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him…”

When was the last time we humbled ourselves before God? I’m talking getting on our knees next to our beds and pleaded with him? I’m talking let our requests be so real that tears have fallen from our eyes? I’m talking walking down the center aisle of our church (where we’ve moved adoration to aid in social distancing) and laid down on our chests to beg God?

Oh, but David, I wouldn’t want to make a scene. David, I’m not melodramatic. David, there is really no need for that. David, I don’t want to be a distraction.

This is not about other people.

This is about pleading with the Lord. This is about telling him and showing him you are completely humble in your dependence upon him. You cannot stand on your own. You are not proud. You know your place and, more importantly, you know his.

“When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him…”

I am not asking you to put on a show. A show is a performance. I am asking you to be authentic. And he will speak to you.

David is the Director of Faith Formation at Our Lady of Joy.

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