There is need of few things, saith the Lord in yesterday's reading (Lk 10:43) on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. "To need" is often used in English to mean 'desire', but seems to mean more to want, to be without something. In the West we need so much: a new dress, a new car, the latest iPod, more attention, better this, more of that. Our needs seem to define our culture ... but the joke is on us. Our world becomes one of need, thus we are literally always in a state of craving, grabbing, chasing and consuming without ever being truly satiated.
But we actually need so little. I'm a fan of St. Francis, who defied family, culture and personal comfort (whether crazy or not) and chose for a basic, no-frills life in communion with God. He chose a life of material poverty over spritual richness. Poor?
We need so little. Christ reminds us of what is truly important to life of faith and hope and charity. And men like St. Francis lived this life free of want, being grateful for always having enough and no more.
Deo gratias.
But we actually need so little. I'm a fan of St. Francis, who defied family, culture and personal comfort (whether crazy or not) and chose for a basic, no-frills life in communion with God. He chose a life of material poverty over spritual richness. Poor?
We need so little. Christ reminds us of what is truly important to life of faith and hope and charity. And men like St. Francis lived this life free of want, being grateful for always having enough and no more.
Deo gratias.
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