Speak, Lord, Your Servant is Listening
It has been quite some time since I made my last blog post. I could list all kinds of excuses as to why I have not been writing, but they would not make a difference. I simply just did not want to write, even though I felt a call to do so. Then, I read the readings for this Sunday, and I knew that it was time to begin again. Sunday’s readings will be familiar to most people. The Gospel is a passage that is often quoted, discussed, and read throughout the year. We hear Jesus clearly exhorting the importance of following Him and placing His will ahead of our own desires. It is a passage we all know but rarely live up to (or at least I don’t). We know that God has a plan for each of us and continually calls us to follow the path he has charted for us. However, actually following that path is not always easy or something we want to do in the moment. In the first reading, we hear the Lord telling Elijah who to call as his successor. The Lord tells Elijah to “ano