Frenetic lives
From today’s Scripture: “But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than men.’”—Acts 5:29
The word obedience comes from the Latin obedire, meaning “to listen, to pay attention to.” We are constantly besieged by nonessential stuff clamoring for our attention: advertising, social media, emails, texts, entertainment, even our own inner compulsions. St. Mother Teresa frequently spoke of the antidote to our distracted, frenetic lives: “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.” Where will you give your most focused attention today?
Let us pray: Lord, help me to silence the noise and listen to you.
Today’s author is Polly Duncan Collum, one-time parish-lay-missioner and now director of the Glenmary’s Commission for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation. This week’s reflections are also in Spanish, available by email.
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