1st Reading: 1 Kg 24:8-17
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 79:1-5,8-9
Gospel: Mt 7:21-29
We are given two images to grasp onto in today's Gospel. On one hand we have the rock that is hard, unmoving, and impenetratable. On the other hand we have the image of sand which is easy to move about to the point that a person is able to stick their hand inside and the sand will move about so that it can pass through. This cannot happen with the rock because it is sturdy and will not give way for anything that might wish to pass through it. Each of us possess out own interests and gifts, but at the end of the day they must be founded upon Christ the Rock. Christ should be the place that we find our firm foundation because if we place our foundation upon anything else it will be ever moving and unsturdy.
Blessed John XXIII would end his day with this prayer: "The Church is yours, Lord. I'm going to bed." In offering this short prayer he is realizing that at the end of the day his ministry is based upon the rock that is Jesus Christ. He is professing the reality that his ministry is not based in the interests of the world or for his own self gratification. He pointing to the reality that his home has not been built upon the moving sand, but upon the firm rock. This realization is important for us as we carry on our daily tasks because we do them not to impress the world or for our own self gratification, but for the greater glory of Christ our Rock.
If we carry on with lives that only desire to give glory to the world or to ourselves the Lord will be forced to say that He does not know us. This would be a true statement because if we have decided to leave Him out of the equation how can we expect to enter into a relationship with Him. May we go into the world and give glory to the name of the Lord who is our firm foundation that has come into the world to deliver us. In placing all of our trusts here we will be firmly rooted upon Christ our Lord.
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