This is a very curious day for Jesuits! The election of Jorge Bergoglio SJ as Pope Francis has thrown us all in a spin, with a great variety of reactions and opinions as people come to terms with what it means to have global attention on our Society. Answering a journalist’s questions on Irish language radio brings me back to the heart of what I value about being a Jesuit and challenges me to express it as clearly as I can. That’s a good exercise!
Meanwhile, today’s Gospel…
Today’s reading from John’s gospel calls us to recognise some compass points we might choose to orientate our lives:
- What we learn from the witness and opinion of people we respect?
- Can we recognise and trust in the activity of God’s Spirit in our lives, seeing in our own actions how it is that God works through us?
- Can we see that it is not just in our activity which matters to God: who we are as critical – God’s Spirit dwells within us
- What do we hear on the scriptures as we remain in continuing dialogue with God who calls us into relationship, who tells the story of our lives?
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