Edith Humphrey
Not all of us have the same calling. We must be both wise as serpents and innocent as doves. All are called to pray; some are called to suffer and show meekness; some are called to give relief to those who are in distress because of society’s current blindnesses; others are called, in knowledge of the system’s ways and laws, to champion the liberties that we have, and so give encouragement to others.
Like the disciples, then, let us heed Jesus’ words about faith, prayer and fasting during this season. Let us also keep in the back of our minds the truthful promises of God, who spoke hope to the patriarch Abraham, confirming it with an oath, and demonstrating it to us in the Incarnation of his Son. And like St. John Climacus, let us keep our eyes on the goal, for the joy that is set before us.
