COVID-19: AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING GLORY TO GOD

Does anyone else feel like yelling at God "Make me a saint! Send me a cross! But this one's lame!" 

* Would anyone else rather be serving in a soup kitchen right now or visiting a nursing home... experiencing the satisfaction of serving people and accomplishing an external good?

* Would anyone else rather be at Mass right now, saying a prayer and receiving the Eucharist?

I don't think most people are too stoked about being shut up in their homes either by themselves or with their families (many with no work to do). 

I don't think most people are stoked about the most exciting outing they can go on right now being a trip to the grocery store.

But perhaps this is what God is calling you to.

When we picture doing the will of God in our lives, I highly doubt this is what most of us pictured it looking like. Perhaps we pictured going on a mission trip to Africa or leading some great movement... 

But that's just it: The most pleasing thing you can do for God right now, the greatest sacrifice you can give Him is accepting the daily bread He gives you and doing His will regardless of how boring, mundane, or pointless it feels. 

We tend to think the way to holiness is through some great act. (I think sometimes we may forget that the point of becoming a saint is not for our greater glory but for God's.) The fact is, the way to holiness is very simple. It consists in accepting the daily bread God has given you. It consists in offering every moment of your day as a prayer with Christ on the cross for the salvation of souls and for God's glory.

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I want to make a few suggestions for how we can become saints throughout COVID-19, and how we can make this a FRUITFUL time for the salvation of souls EACH DAY while putting on a smile on God's face:

-- When you wake up each morning, immediately say a prayer accepting God's will with all the trials you will experience that day (including moments/spans of sadness, boredom, loneliness, feelings of uselessness, irritations with household members, etc.)

-- A number of us have loads of extra time on our hands. While we may not find this a pleasant experience, we can accept even that as a cross and dedicate some of that time to prayer, reading scripture or books that help us grow, etc. I'm not saying become a Carmelite. I'm just saying commune with Our Lord for a while even if your prayer feels dry.**

-- Offer preparing your food as a prayer. Offer washing your dishes as a prayer. Offer doing your laundry as a prayer... ALL THOSE MUNDANE TASKS, if we turn them each into a prayer, can bring SO MUCH GLORY to God!!!

May SO MUCH GLORY be brought to God throughout COVID-19 and so many souls be saved! 

The world can come out of this a better place through little offerings every day!

** If you find yourself binging on YouTube or Netflix or whatever that may be a coping mechanism for you that's okay. But if you find spending your time this way is only adding to your feelings of restlessness or irritability, take a step back and consider using some of that time doing something that brings you peace like spending time in prayer or reading the scriptures / holy books.