Title: A Bad Case of
the Mondays
So school
has started again and all across the land students are rejoicing and shouting
for joy, overwhelmed with happiness because they have another chance to sit in
classes, do homework, and take exams.
Not.
However,
before the complaining starts (and yes, even in seminary there are complaints
about school…the never-ending lectures, the insane reading assignments, the
sheer volume of papers we need to write), I’ve got to back myself up and
remember one important fact:
It’s right
here, in the midst of the drudgery of school, that sanctity happens.
I mean,
let’s get real, for all those who are passionate about becoming a saint, don’t
we dream about some glorious or heroic act of holiness? Perhaps we want to
become like Maximilian Kolbe and give our lives up for another person. Or maybe
be like Mother Theresa and dedicate ourselves to serving the most forgotten of
our society. Or St. Francis who started a huge
religious order and lived in the most abject poverty out of love for Christ.
These things fill our souls with zeal; they get us excited for holiness.
But
holiness isn’t necessarily found in the extraordinary.
I’m called
to be a saint right here, amongst the reading and the papers and the classes
and the drudgery of daily life. You were called to be a saint exactly where you
are, whether you work in an office, or go to school, or are a homemaker. Just
by doing our daily duties with joy and love is extraordinary holiness in itself.
So before
daily life starts to get you down (and here I’m preaching to myself first and
foremost too, because I always struggle with the stresses of daily life), just
remember that in this moment, you are being formed and purified into the great
saint that God wants you to become. So rejoice – even these small crosses of
daily life are gaining for you the glory of Heaven!
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