TUESDAY, February 23 (Polycarp)

1 Corinthians 1:20-31. God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.

He did. God chose some pretty dubious characters to spread his message. Slaves, prisoners, crazies, a long-haired, locust-eating man, and a gang of roguish fishermen led by a radical, left-wing carpenter. Being a long-haired, slightly crazy, radical prison inmate, I feel at home among that crowd.

A few years ago, I wrote a series of these meditations. Before I began, I was worried that people would shut me out--despise me because I was lowly--and miss the message. They didn't, far from it. They carried a very powerful message back to me. So, again, I ask: please don't shut out the message.

I know, on the surface, it doesn't make sense that God would use such unlikely people to carry this most important message.

But when I realize what the message is, it dawns on me that no one would know more about it than those in dire need of it. The experts. It makes perfect sense when you consider the message.

The message? Love.

The messenger? You.

You're in good company.          (1998)

PRAY for the Diocese of Belize (West Indies)

Ps 45 * 47, 48; Genesis 37:12-24; Mark 1:14-28

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