Tuesday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
First reading – 2 Corinthians 8:1-9
“and of how, throughout great trials by suffering, their constant cheerfulness and their intense poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity”. This is the story of the working of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and in our personal life. It’s the same Spirit. The constant cheerfulness in the midst of suffering is the action of the Holy Spirit. If you can be happy in the middle of your suffering, it’s sure that it is the action of the Holy Spirit. And again, it is a constant cheerfulness. Not a passing one or a transitory one. This constant cheerfulness comes from a very important point which St. Paul is saying, “they offered their own selves first to God and, under God, to us”. This generosity and cheerfulness come when we offer ourselves to God first and under God to others. In this, we have the mission to be cheerful albeit our challenges. Let’s reflect: Am I able to give my first place to God and then to others?
Tuesday 20 June
