Daily Inspiration

“Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." She replied and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps." Then he said to her, "For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter." When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.” -Mark 7:24-30
 
Sometimes, the Lord calls us into the desert, where the rest of the world loses its value and falls away. This Greek woman was alone in the desert and came face to face with Our Lord.
 
She could have been insulted and responded to Jesus with pride, but pride also fades away in the Lord’s desert. Instead, she replied humbly, accepting her place at Jesus' feet. Oh, how Our Lord loves and rewards humility!
 
When I lived in God's presence, I understood my place in the universe. In His presence, I was less than a speck of dust, yet immense joy filled me because I knew that even as dust, God loved and cared for me and gave me more than I deserved.
 
Saint Catherine Del Ricci, pray for us.
 
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Jesus, I trust in you.