Fidelity in a Challenging World: Be the Gift
One of the most difficult tasks perhaps, is cleaning up one's room. I remember transferring to my brother's in 2014 to give way to my youngest sister who stayed with us for a while. My former room was assigned later on to my teenage niece when my sister got married and settled outside the country. I looked at my closet and I have bags and shoes which I could use until 2025. I have donated a huge amount of good clothes to a temple nearby but my things kept on growing... (me and the Diderot effect ). I surmised I have given away but I have also doubled what I bought. The priest in an earlier homily challenged us to take a closer look on what we keep and challenged us to a life of interiority vs. superficiality. It is a life that continuously chooses to 'create' space and give birth to Jesus...a life that seeks the 'needs' rather than the demands of this world... a life that gives rather than keeps. source: National Catholic Regi