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Mary, Queen of Vocations, pray for us!
This is maybe my favorite reading from the Acts of the Apostles, mostly because Athens is one of the few places I have been where Paul preached the Gospel. Mostly because of good fortune (long story for another time) I ended up in Athens with some time to kill in October of 2006, so I went with Fr. Bill Porter to the top of the Areopagus to visit the Parthenon. We took a bible with us and read about Paul's preaching there. Of course we had to laugh when we heard the reaction of the Athenians to Paul's preaching about the resurrection. Most of them said they might like to hear Paul about this another time!
Who are we to complain that preaching the resurrection of Jesus is difficult?
The Gospel today reminds me that indeed our heads cannot contain now everything that we will need to know for the future. Our futures consists of millions of small uses of our freedom, and in each situation, we are to call upon the Holy Spirit to remind us of Jesus' presence and to take from the truth that is His and deliver it to us as we need it. Just as we cannot haul around with us all the food and water that we will need for the rest of our lives - this would be cumbersome, so the Holy Spirit allows us to confidently travel light during this our pilgrimage, for the Holy Spirit will always be there to deliver to us the message of truth we need to hear from our Lord!
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