This morning during my prayer I read something from Mother
Teresa that touched me deeply. In
talking about faith and trust, she told the following story. She and her sisters would feed four
thousand people each day. One week
they found they had no rice to give these people. Without food given to them by the sisters, these people
would have nothing. Then, about
9:00 a.m. on that Friday morning, two truckloads of bread were delivered to the
sisters to share with the poor. It
turns out that school was canceled that day and they didn’t want the food to go
to waste. There was more bread in
those truckloads than most of them would see in a lifetime. Mother Teresa said that when we trust
and have faith God will provide for us in ways we would never expect. Even if means closing the school for
the day! :) It reminded me that even in the hardest
of circumstances I am called to trust and have faith, uniting myself to Christ
in prayer and in action.
Reflection:
Can you think of a time when you have trusted God in a
situation that seemed hopeless and God surprised you? Where are you called to have faith and trust right now?
Christ,
You penetrate our inmost depths,
And there you perceive an expectation.
You know that, without having seen you we love you,
And still without seeing you we give you our trust.
Amen.
(A prayer by Brother Roger of Taize
