Deny yourself and pick up your cross

[12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, June 19, 2016 / Zech 12:10-11; 13:1 / Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 / Gal 3:26-29 / Luke 9:18-24]

MODERN life is lived in the fast lane. Everything happens at high speed. Sometimes there is no time for reflection or even to learn from mistakes. Like the guy on the horse that is galloping along. “Where are you going,” he was asked. “I don’t know,” he replied, “ask the horse.” But even in ancient Greece, the famous Socrates noted that the unexamined life is not worth living. When things happen too fast the phenomenon of depersonalization occurs. There is no time to assimilate and to connect all the events in life’s rich tapestry. All seems random and with no connection but if we stop and reflect, with a little bit of faith, we can see God’s hand behind gently guiding us in all the evens of life.