Asking for the participation of God in healing individual parishioners, in healing our parish system and in healing our communities is the job of all communities of faith. Asking for God’s healing and then being engaged in that healing are our particular callings. Doctors can use medical science and art to heal our bodies, counselors can use psychological techniques to heal emotions and psyches, economists can use principles of finance to heal our communities, but only we of faith can enlist the healing powers of God.
How do we do that?
Prayer--for ourselves and others. Intercession especially for those for whom we have been asked to pray and for the people close to us, and the people we have never met but whose stories have come to us and invite us to closer relationship with them.
Action--donations to social service agencies whose support has decreased while their demand has grown in this economic downturn. Even small donations of food and money are gratefully accepted and needed, but big donations can do a world of good for the people served by food pantries, homeless shelters, job agencies, and other social and medical services.
Direct work with the homeless, the jobless, those who are dealing with hard times--make time to be with homeless people or work with those trying to get their resume in order. Being close to those who can use a leg up helps our spiritual journeys, as we give of our time and talent, and learn to know people intimately and make relationships with them.
Be watchful--for the inbreaking of God's love, wherever you may find it, whether in families, churches, communities, and let it be known that God loves every person God has made.
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