After sliding our way to and from PHL today to get our Egg onto his plane for California College, I spent much of the rest of the day nursing a sore throat while listening to the freezing rain hit the roof. Too sick to go to Mass, I prayed through the propers and readings for today and enjoyed the short reflection from
Carlo Carletto in
Give Us This Day in lieu of a homily. Wait on God, he says, until the time comes when we are called, when we must speak out.
Adsum, says Samuel, in the Latin translation of today's first reading. Here I am. I come to do your will.
Wandering through my Facebook feed tonight, I found Samuel's story replaying in Amy Chanson of
Diary of a Contemplative's post: "
Use Me Instead." She is taking part in the #usemeinstead campaign where clergy are offering their photographs to be used in lieu of the African-American men's images
currently being used that had been used by the North Miami Beach police department for sniper training. She is called, and speaking out powerfully.
Adsum. Here I am. #usemeinstead
My friend Fran was also writing about being called - for yesterday's Feast of St. Anthony. Read her reflection, "A compelling call," at
PrayTell.
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