Are You Listening?
- Fr Raphael Ma, CR
- Matthew 18: 15 - 20
A Resurrectionist Vocation Minute for September 10th, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Are you listening?
“If he or she listens to you, you have regained your brother or sister.”
Healthy relationships are built on listening. No matter what happens, as long as we are willing to listen to the other person, the possibility of reconciling the relationship remains.
Every genuine vocation, no matter what it is – is built on a healthy relationship with God. And a healthy relationship with God, like any healthy relationship is built on listening. No matter what happens, as long as we are willing to listen to God, there’s still hope for our vocations and our relationship with God. How do you listen to God?
“Since no friendship can exist or grow where interpersonal communication does not exist, mental prayer and contemplation have a vital role to play in the development of our union with Christ. We know that God will speak to us within the depths of our hearts, but in order to hear his voice, we frequently need to set aside our activities, to listen to him and converse with him.”