Each morning, noon, and evening we have become familiar with the daily news being broadcast at set times. I often awake to the music of the news on the radio which alerts me to pay attention to what is to follow. Yet we too often become familiar with bad news and its implications for our daily lives. I must admit I am a bit of a news junky! It is almost as though I thirst for this daily input and strive to be filled with something that does not quite seem to satisfy. There seems to be an almost continuous pursuit to seek something substantial and life-giving.
We become that as the news washing over us it tells a story of people who seem to be powerless to turn back the sands of time. We are all too aware of the issues of the world which can overwhelm us and can drag us down into the mire. It can create a climate within us in and within our community where we are too fearful to step outside our front door lest we confront the evils that overtake us. In our daily tasks, it seems as though we shrink the world into bite-size pieces which we can handle and can consume. Even when they seem stale and unappetizing.
In the midst of these daily events we are not called to retreat behind the barricades but discover how we are called to witness to the life that God has prepared us for. The central belief is that even in those times when we feel that we might not be up to the task God can make us messengers of Good News. The constant challenge is to be people who are prayerfully aware that we can reflect on and change the environment in which we live. Our lives do make a difference because they encounter life as a graced meeting with God who transforms the ways we can be present. We seek what proclaims the truth of God's loving attention with a belief that we are not in this journey on our own. We encounter Christ as pilgrims along the way.
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