Morning Novenas can be hard, yet it can be a blessing if we really enter into it. Today I visited my home parish for novena. Rosary begins at 4:45 a.m. with the aim of a 5 a.m. mass, and this morning of all other days the sacristan over slept and we were outside up to 4:48 a.m. The keys were not available. Isn't it ironic that the O Antiphon for today reads "O Key of David". Reference was made to the fact that whatever Christ opens is open and whatever is shut up is shut. Ah hah, the doors were locked.
Christ as Key demonstrated that through his authority he healed the sick, raised the dead, cause the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, challenged injustices and fed the poor. Many of us has been given keys to the kingdom, the question is "how many of us are using it to liberate others from darkness(whatever form that may take); are we engaging the keys to assist those who really need help, or do we want to monopolize the gift?
I think as Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, we do a great job with the keys that have been entrusted to us. Many of our sisters have helped and still continue to help the poor make a better living; they stretch out to assist others in their academic and medical pursuits. I think that as SSM's we do it without "blowing our own trumpets".
Today I pray that I may be a good steward of the key God has entrusted to me, in ministering to and with the youth of the Diocese of St. George's in Grenada. May I at least help to open the doors (including the doors to my heart ) so that the light can permeate the darkness within our soul.
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