Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time
Saint Stephen of Hungary
First reading – Deuteronomy 34:1-12
“I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you shall not cross into it.”. This is very important message from the Word of God. In the last part of the today’s first reading, we read that, “Since then, never has there been such a prophet in Israel as Moses, the man the Lord knew face to face. What signs and wonders the Lord caused him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh and all his servants and his whole land! How mighty the hand and great the fear that Moses wielded in the sight of all Israel!”. But still he did not enter into the promised land. How do we want to rate it? As a failure or as a success? The criteria of determining what is a success or a failure before God is not the one we have for other circumstances. What do you want more if you could know the Lord face to face? It is not about the achievements but it’s about our relationship with God that counts. It’s not about how many things we did in our life but how much profound is my relationship with the Lord. Let’s reflect: Am I concerned about my achievements or about my relationship with the Lord?
Wednesday 16 August
