Tuesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time (Year II)
Hosea 8:4-7,11-13 | Psalm 113B:3-10 | Matthew 9:32-37
The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest. (Matthew 9:37)
As our priests go on retreat this week, it’s a good time to recall just how much they do for us, how few their number…and how much of their daily burden we can lift off their shoulders through ministry involvement. I’ve written previously on lay “diakonia” and its relevance to modern church vitality, but it bears repeating: Our priests alone can only do so much, so all of us need to step up and help out as co-labourers in the harvest of faith.
Amen.