19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C
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LIKE SERVANTS
Today more than ever, people have no patience to wait. Why
should we? We used to send letters, and today, who waits for the post man? use
the fax, the email or send it through LBC or DHL! We can still use the
old-fashioned postal service but it has become slower than before, so why do
it?
We are now accustomed to the fast, quick results, not only
in communications but also in shopping, food, and relationships. People have
grown impatient, even with one another. A woman was too ready to give up on her
husband who was found unfaithful and irresponsible, but only because she too
has easily found a replacement!
The Lord Jesus however is old-fashioned. He expects people
to wait. He teaches his disciples to wait, even if the waiting is long and
uncertain. It is the patience of servants that Jesus uses as example for the
kind of waiting we need to have in our hearts.
Faithful servants wait because they love their master. They
wait because they hope their master will bring something good for them. The
more they wait, the more their love and hope increase. It is not easy, but this
is the only attitude that truly forms the heart to become open to grace, open
to another.
Can we wait for our husband to change his ways? Can we wait
for our child to discover the right path on his own? Can we wait with hope that
God listens to our prayers and will surely act on our petitions? Let us ask the
Lord for the gift of patient waiting.
