Matthew 19:23-30
The Daily Office
“Every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will get them back many times over” (Matt. 19:29)
Maybe this is just my personal anxiety talking. But I suspect that if we can strip away all the surface desires off our soul, the deepest, most secret desire of our hearts is to not be alone. Not wealth, or power, or physical satisfaction, just companionship. And as much as we may love our spouses, or our families of blood, even those relationships can falter. In fact, we are now entering a period that tugs at us to reconnect with our “blood,” even if those relationships are marred by dysfunction, or to use a more old fashioned word, sin.
The desire not to be alone is a most holy desire, and it is God’s desire for us. And that is what Jesus promises those who are able to let go of those surface desires and go deeper. And that promise is fulfilled in each of us: on Sunday when we break bread together; when we pray together, when we work together, when we eat together. Listen to Jesus’s promise. Listen for the harmony.
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