Dear friends of Gethsemane, may the Lord give you his peace.
In this time of the new year we are living with hope and expectation the decline of the pandemic. Many of us, rightly, manifest the desire to want to return ‘to do' what we used to live. A lawful desire! However, we must acknowledge that it will not be so. Something has changed and we too must be aware of it.It is not important to "measure" our present, our life, with what we did. Certainly it is necessary to remain concrete and practical. Work is about earning a living, the material things we have require care and dedication... everyone has their own responsibilities. It seems more appropriate for us to help compare our present life in the light of our fragile human condition which, as we see, without God it doesn’t make sense.In our humble opinion it seems important to emphasize that the most noble and beautiful "work", which is not quantifiable but is of fundamental importance, is the care of relationships, the attention to people, the 'thirst' and 'hunger' of the soul, which mysteriously unites us and brings us together. This, we are convinced, is the primary mission that the Lord asks each one of us to exercise responsibly in the own reality in which God has destined us. You at home, where you are, in your community... and we in this Holy Place with the people the Lord gives us to live and meet.
In the Gospel of last week Jesus said: "To the same extent as you measure, you will also be measured; indeed more will be given to you" (Mk 4:24). The Holy Place that we keep tells the "immeasurable love" with which the Lord loved us! This is the beauty of novelty, old and always new. We wish you, dear reader, and all of you, dear friends of the Garden of Obedience, to be able to share this 'immeasurable love’ of Christ for all humanity!
Be blessed, you too bless us
