Education in Faith
In Sunday's Gospel the rich landowner is constantly murmuring to himself. He poses questions which he answers. He is so bound up with his possessions that there is no room in his life for real conversation with people or with God. Conversation is what makes us human: we are word animals.
In muttering to himself, the rich man was becoming dehumanised and in danger that at the moment of death, he could find himself monologuing for all eternity. He, and we, need to learn the language of Heaven and we begin that on earth.
There are two partners of conversation we need: With God we call it prayer. The ‘Our Father’ is the conversation of the children of God with their heavenly Father. With other people, real dialogue might reveal something about them such that we need to respond wholeheartedly.
And then, draw closer to Our Lady who was the greatest conversation partner with God: ‘Be it done unto me according to Thy word.’ She is constantly trying to draw us into her conversation with God.
Who are we having conversation with in our midst of our days?