THE MORE YOU SOW, THE MORE YOU REAP

PRAYER PAUSE        

Wednesday, 21 June 2017, St Aloysius Gonzaga

THE MORE YOU SOW, THE MORE YOU REAP

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap.” (2 Cor. 8:6-11)

Reflection. Aloysius was born into a rich and noble family. But it was a frivolous world and he soon sensed it. His mother nourished his faith and as a teenager he decided to rebel and turn away from all the glitter that was his. He had a further decision. Should he live as a devoted Christian as a noble lord or should he give up everything and become a religious in the Society of Jesus. He decided to “sow more” and gave up everything and joined the Jsuits.Then he made a further offering, nursing the victims of the plague in Rome. He was so generous he exhausted himself and died in 1591, aged just 23..

Prayer. Lord, teach us to be generous and not to count the cost.  Amen