God's Will!

These two words really mean action. We have heard before that we need to do God's will or if something happens in our lives we might say that it is God's will. The will of God is an action that we are called to do. In the gospel from Saint Matthew (12:46-50), we read that Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him. When told that his mother and brothers wanted to speak to him Jesus said, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" Stretching his hand towards the disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother." All of us, we are the disciples of today, and Jesus is talking to us, just like he talked to those before. We are the ones who are called to live the will of God in our lives. What is the will of God? To proclaim and live the Good News each day. We also pray that the will of God will be revealed to us each day. God has a plan for each of us, a reason we are here on earth at this particular time. We know that we are to live the commandments each day and in a special way to live the commandments of love, love of God and love of neighbor. Let us not be afraid to follow the will of God in our lives. Like the example of our Blessed Mother, she had questions about how the birth of the Savior would come about, but when it came to decision time, she totally gave herself to God's will. We ask for Mary's intercession and the grace of God as we live His plan, His will each day of our lives. Have a blessed day!