Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 

Here’s a tricky question for you: “How do I think like  God?” As we explore the Scriptures of the day that  query comes immediately to mind. Not too many  years ago there was a popular phrase not dissimilar:  “What would Jesus do?” As we attempt to answer  either one, we may find ourselves in a quandary  trying to discern what is charity and what is fairness.  Our sense of fairness is based on the work ethic  equal pay for equal work, but the parable in the Gospel seems to upset that equilibrium. So again: “How  do I think like God?” The answer is not to be found  in our rationalizing, but rather in our surrender to  the power and inspiration of the Holy Spirit.  

The best example of that is to be found in the response of St. John the Baptist: “He must increase  and I must decrease. The “He”, of course being Jesus.  Therein lies the almost constant struggle and interior  tension of discerning what the Lord wants, not me.  How then to arrive at the balance and serenity that  comes with surrendering to God? Prayer! And there  is no better place than to seek the Will and know  how to respond to it than in being in the Presence of  the Lord Himself. If you have not ever or been too  preoccupied with the things of this world to know  and appreciate the Holy Presence of Christ in the Eucharist now is the time to do so. We as a parish have  been so very blessed to have Eucharistic Adoration for  nearly four decades. The Lord is going nowhere, but  He is ever waiting for you to be somewhere, namely  in His Presence. Come to be with the Lord. Listen  to Him in the quiet (as it should always be in the  Chapel) and solitude and allow the: “still, small voice”  speak to your heart. That is the beginning of learn ing how to think as God thinks and you will begin to  transcend the limits of this world’s notion of fairness  and appreciate and act upon the way of the Lord. 

 With Blessings,

 Father Langan