Friday, April 28 : Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

One day I was pondering over what I could do to save souls; a phrase from the Gospel showed me a clear light: Jesus said to his disciples, pointing to the fields of ripe corn, “Look up and see the fields ripe for harvest” (Jn 4:35) and a little later, “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers”. How mysterious it is! Is not Jesus all-powerful? Do not creatures belong to Him who made them? Why then does Jesus say: “Pray the master of the harvest to send out laborers (…) “? Why? (…) Ah! Jesus has so incomprehensible a love for us, that He wants us to have a share with Him in the salvation of souls. He wants to do nothing without us. The creator of the universe waits for the prayer of a poor little soul to save other souls redeemed like itself at the price of all His blood. Our vocation, yours and mine, is not to go harvesting in the fields of ripe corn; Jesus does not say to us; “Lower your eyes, look at the fields, and go and reap them”; our mission is still loftier. Here are Jesus’ words: “Lift up your eyes and see…. ” See how in my Heaven there are places empty; it is for you to fill them (…) each one of you is my Moses praying on the mountain (Ex 17:8f.); ask Me for laborers and I shall send them, I await only a prayer, a sigh from your heart!

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team