Daily Inspiration

“Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them– do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’ He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’” -Luke 13:1-9
 
The Lord laid His axe to my root because this tree produced little fruit for forty-six years. When that axe was placed ready to strike, the gardeners said to Our Lord, give us more time to cultivate and fertilize, that he may bear fruit.
 
I have always known that the amazing things the Lord has let me see and experience were not due to any of my doing. I was unworthy. But within minutes of my wreck, prayers started going up to God from around the country. 
 
The prayers of all these gardeners went up to the Lord. Through those prayers, they cultivated and fertilized the soil, and God gave me a little more time to bear fruit. Thanks to all the gardeners who cultivated my soil. I pray now that we may all cultivate the soil around those who bear no fruit. May the Lord give them time to repent and return to Him so they may also produce good fruit.
 
Pope Saint Evaristus, pray for us.
 
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Jesus, I trust in you.