"Go Ye Therefore..." & Share the Joy of the Lord

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Humbly, yet courageously, seek what you can do to share the joy of the Lord.

            In 1 Corinthians 11:1 Paul writes: “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” In essence, He is saying that we all need to strive to be like Jesus.  We can’t ever reach His level of perfection, of course, but we can strive to walk in His ways and pray daily to become more and more like Him.

            St. Patrick is remembered as one who went down in history as being an “imitator of Christ”. He was committed to carrying out Jesus’ command in Matthew 28:19-20. 

^“ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”

                  St. Patrick personified humility and courage. Along with those solid qualities went great tenacity and diligence!  History tells us that his determination to accept suffering and success with equal indifference guided his life; and he was truly God’s instrument for winning most of Ireland to Christ. What distinguishes Patrick from many others was the durability of his efforts. He never gave up.

           May we, also, be imitators of Christ and “go ye therefore”…sharing the joy of the Lord with all diligence!