The saintly Jesuit Fr. Pedro Arrupe affirmed that the essence of the human vocation is to fall in love with God. He writes: “What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, what you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”
The scriptures for this weekend remind us that our most basic vocation is to fall in love – with God and all God has created to draw us into divine life. Like Samuel and the disciples, like couples who marry, like every person who believes in their vocation, cultivating the decision to love will fill the rest of our lives – and more. (Sr. Mary M. McGlone)
You can find this week's prayers of the faithful here.
Fr. Mike