33 Days to Eucharistic Glory Day 4

Day 4

For day 4 Matthew Kelly writes this. “Some people will convince themselves that they should be more committed to some worldly pursuits. But the truth is, the reason we have not committed ourselves so fully, so totally, so completely to anything in this world, is that we are made for more. This type of commitment belongs to God and to God alone.” 33 Days to Eucharistic Glory, page 31

That is a powerful piece of writing and I find it true in my life. I’ll commit to this or that for a time and then slowly I’ll lose interest. There was the time when I was young and I loved baseball. I would practice all the time. In the winter times I read about it, studied it and planned for a great spring time of playing it again. Over time, that died out and was replaced by ice hockey which I played for several years. For a while I became a motorcycle enthusiast and then it was airplanes and getting my pilot’s license. Then I took up poker and dreamed of winning a World Series of Poker event. Lately, it has been hiking as I prep for my second Camino.

Now it could simply be I’m a jack of many trades and master of none, but after reading the material for day 4 I think I agree with Matthew Kelly that total commitment belongs to God and God alone. THAT commitment has been present in all of the various phases of my life. And my commitment to the Eucharist is the tangible evidence of that commitment. I can count on one hand the number of times I have missed Sunday Eucharist…almost all of them involve illness of one kind or another.

The word for our reflection for this day is determination. I am determined, and have been my whole life, to stay connected to Jesus, especially in the Eucharist.