Robert picked the three of us up as usual and right on time for Holy Mass at St. Mary’s. Mini came along very properly, and I was glad, because the Gospel today was one that made my heart feel safe and quiet.
Father LeRoy read from Saint John, where Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Father explained that Our Lord spoke those words because He knew His disciples were afraid and confused. Jesus was going away, but not because He was forgetting them. He was going to prepare a place for them in His Father’s house.
Father said heaven is not like being lost in a strange place. It is a home prepared by Jesus Himself. That made me think of Sister Mary Claire setting a place at the table, making sure everything is ready before I sit down. Only Jesus prepares a place with a love much greater than that.
On the way home, Robert said he liked that Jesus did not just point to the road, but said, “I am the way.” Sister Mary Claire said that means we do not have to figure out heaven all by ourselves. We follow Jesus by believing Him, loving Him, obeying Him, and staying close to Him in prayer and the Blessed Sacrament.
I thought about Thomas asking how they could know the way. I am glad he asked, because sometimes I feel that way too. But Jesus gave the answer for all of us: He is the way, the truth, and the life. Tonight, that feels like enough.
Evening Prayer
Dear Jesus, when my heart is troubled, help me remember Your words. Keep me close to You, because You are the way to the Father’s house. Prepare my heart for heaven, and help me walk with You every day. Amen.
Love,
Kathy
Today’s Gospel Reading
John 14:1–6
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going you know the way.”
Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
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