Embrace What Comes Our Way
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ~ Lou Holtz
There are many people who are wondering about Pope Leo XIV. What is he going to be like? What is he going to do? Will he change the Church radically? Will he continue to steer it in the same direction? What is going to happen to all of us?
Change is never easy. Change is never fun. But change is not only inevitable, it can be life-giving and productive. We are in the midst of the Easter season. I often wonder how many people embraced the changes that happened in life because of the resurrection of Jesus and how many people refused to change. The new reality won for them by Jesus may have been threatening to some because the new reality implied the necessity to change.
God calls all of us to move from one thing to another throughout our lives. Let us remain open to the invitation of the Lord and pray for the grace and courage to embrace the changes that come about in our lives.
FAITH ACTION: Pray for Pope Leo as he begins his new ministry as Pope.