Luke 6:38
“Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”
This verse is at the end of this Sunday’s Gospel reading. As I was reflecting on it today at my FAMILIA study, I started to chuckle as the following image came to mind. Have you ever bought a bag of chips? And on the back of the bag in very small print you read something like, “contents may have settled during shipping.” And sure enough when you open the bag there’s more air than there are actual chips.
How often to we give God a bag of spiritual chips and expect in return the “good measure, PACKED TOGETHER, SHAKEN DOWN, and OVERFLOWING?” As we approach Lent, I think this is a good time for me to re-evaluate what I give to God and what I give out of love for God.
Those of you in the Austin area, this is a great time to COMMIT to a Holy Hour every week. Our parish, St. Louis, is beginning Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration and our Lord can never have enough adorers. For all the abundant blessings He give us (and you only need to look into the eyes of the homeless on the street corners to know how blessed you are), can we not give him one little hour in return to simply say, “Thank you Lord”?