Today’s readings reassure our worried, anxious minds. Trust
in God, don’t be disturbed by anything, pour out your hearts before Him. He
knows what you need even before you ask. Seek Him, and He will care for you.
These words are comforting and yet so difficult to take
to heart, especially in hard times. The sudden loss of a job or a shattering
divorce shakes us to the core. We may not know where the money will come from
to pay the rent, buy groceries, or pay the bills. Knowing how hard it is not to
give in to worry and fear during such difficult times, Jesus reassures us that
the Father will never cease to care for us.
Mother Angelica, the foundress of the EWTN Global
Catholic Television Network, did not have an easy life. Her father abandoned
her and her mother when she was only six, and she grew up in extreme poverty
with an emotionally fragile mother. After she entered the Poor Clares, she
started her television venture on a prayer. Her first studio was in a converted
garage. To raise funds, the sisters sold peanuts and fishing lures. Never
knowing ahead of time where the money would come from for each new piece of
television equipment, each necessary license, or the people, land, and
resources she needed to build a television network – and to build the beautiful
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament – she trusted in God to know and provide
all that was needed.
Mother Angelica often said, “Faith is having one foot on
the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.” She did
the work God gave her, trusting in Him to provide, and He provided more than
anyone could have imagined. He gave her the airwaves to evangelize the world. Last
year on Easter Sunday, Mother Angelica finally reached the end of her long
journey on earth, entering into the Kingdom of God she’d been seeking all her
life. Along the way, always trusting in God, she founded the largest religious
media network in the world.
Mother Angelica photos via olamnuns.com / ChurchPOP
Feb. 26th, 2017 - Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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49:14-15 ~ Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 ~ 1 Cor 4:1-5 ~ Mt 6:24
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