Continuing
our reflection on St. Dominic, I have been struck this year by his passionate
concern for those who had gone, or were going, astray from God. He didn’t
ignore them, or think ‘the little that I can do will make no difference’ but
took action. He founded his Order for “preaching and the salvation of souls.”
This
message of the importance of persevering in doing what one can, and trusting in
God for the rest, is particularly evident in his time in Languedoc, where, for
years, he preached with little or no discernible results. Obviously, we nuns
can’t go off on preaching missions, but
the message of perseverance applies just as much to the other manner in which
Dominic expressed his concern and care for those going astray – his continuous
prayer for them; something in which we are called
to imitate him.
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