Oct 24 2008
On Following the Holy Spirit’s Marching Orders
…You lead me in directions I would not have chosen for myself. Give me the wisdom to discern Your Will and the courage to follow it. – from a prayer by Fr. John Catoir, Joyfully Living the Gospel Day by Day
I’m not living up to my potential and neither are most of you.
Most of us have moments of inspiration. We watch a program about a quadrapalegic woman who learned to paint with a brush in her mouth, or we read an article about a low-income couple who managed to make a home for orphans. We feel uplifted by their courage and inspired by their example.
Then we channel-surf for another hour instead of starting that To Do List we wrote during Lent. Or we continue that novel that’s not really very good – and its subtext might even be bad – because it sure beats spending a couple of hours working on the novels that have been bouncing around our heads for the last decade.
We feel moved, but we don’t move.
