As we read and ponder the Book of Life in the light of the Gospel of the day and through the various encounters of daily life, we too can be transformed.
We receive the words of Jesus in the Gospel, or read and pray through the details of His life and we become hearers of the Word. As we journey through life we can bear Jesus to others as we receive Him in our hearts. We go from being just hearers to bearers of the Word. Gradually our hearts become changed through His action as He teaches us, little by little.
We encounter the Light of the World through our daily Gospel reading and we can let that light be shed on our daily path, bringing about real change in our hearts and through us into our lives. The way that a Colwellian soul would respond then would be to ask, how is Jesus speaking to me in today's Gospel? What is Jesus teaching me through my life right now? What am I being asked to say 'yes' to today? How does living in the Divine Will look for me today?
The Magi realised they had stumbled upon more than another earthly local king, this was truly holy ground and the expreience changed them forever. We can gradually realise that our own life is also holy ground, where Jesus comes to meet us, to heal and change our hearts. We become holy ground ourselves - in the 'ground' of our souls - when we say our fiat, 'yes' to God, even in the little things, and allow him free reign in our lives. Gradually we too will return by a different route, as the Book of Life says, to lead more God-centred lives, gradually becoming more free to say our daily yes, in the small as well as great things.
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