Different Colors
Yesterday I attended a Mass and social to remember
the founder of our Congregation, Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli OP. Fr. Samuel was an amazing man with values and
compassion for all people that truly reflected the mission of Jesus. But the event from yesterday that really
stays with me was the message of the homilist who told us he was going to
preach on Commitment in Color.
The homilist first referred to the readings of the
21st Sunday of the year that spoke of commitment. He then reflected on his first day of school
in first grade with a brand new box of colors – there were no broken crayons
and all had points. He enthusiastically
began to color the page the teacher had distributed. His joy was dashed when another student told
him he was doing it wrong – the sky was blue, not orange, and the teacher told
him he was doing it wrong – he needed to stay in the lines.
The bottom line:
As followers of Jesus, we are all committed to delivering Jesus message of
compassion for all and Jesus’ preference for the poor; however, we all tend to
exude that message in different colors.
Though the homilist said all of us attending probably knew more about
Fr. Samuel than he, I think the preacher of the day embodied the spirit of Fr.
Samuel more than he could believe of himself.
How about
you? To what are you committed? How do you color it?
Are you
called to add your colors to ours?
Anne Sur, OP
East Dubuque, Iowa
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