July 9, 2024 Reflection – Pray therefore the Lord of the Harvest…

Pray therefore the Lord of the Harvest…

July 9, 2024

Dear Family of Mary!

In our Gospel for today, we see Jesus traveling from town to town, spreading the Kingdom and healing His people. It was His hallmark: to preach and heal and call all people into His Kingdom:”

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” (Matthew 9:35-38, RSV-CE)

Doesn’t this sound like our world today? So many people harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd? And thanks be to God, Our Lady is answering the call Jesus gave in the Gospel “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”(Mt 9:38)

She is gathering her children around her and sending us out to harvest. But she acknowledges that our enemy is also at work, harvesting:

July 25, 2020

“Dear children! In this peaceless time in which the devil is harvesting souls to draw them to himself, I am calling you to persevering prayer, so that in prayer you discover the God of love and hope.

Little children, take the Cross in your hands. May it be your encouragement for love to always win, in a special way now when the Cross and faith are rejected.

You be a reflection and an example with your lives that faith and hope are still alive and a new world of peace is possible. I am with you and intercede for you before my Son, Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Our Lady sees that the devil is doing the harvesting of souls in our day, in an extraordinary way. And so she calls us to become like her Son, Jesus, and harvest souls for God! She wants us to “be a reflection and an example with your lives that faith and hope are still alive and a new world of peace is possible!”

We can harvest souls for the Lord, by our lives that reflect His love and give an example of how to live faith and hope. We must try to harvest souls, through our goodness and example. Mother Mary is with us and prays for us to be steadfast in this call. What a glorious call it is!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
Cathy Nolan
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