Charging

Have you noticed that lately one of the things we do so often, and without which we cannot survive, is the charging we do in our lives. Charging I phones, I pads, I pods, Lap-Tops, electric cars, transformers, portable video-games, remote controls, and everything that needs batteries...charging, charging, and making sure we  don’t run out of charge – otherwise we’re in trouble! How often we ran out of charge in the middle of an important phone call. This mentality teaches us a big lesson about our lives and our faith. We need to recharge our human batteries to survive in this day and age. With the heat-waves we’re experiencing, we need to be healthy to face the unknown future. With our sedentary lives we are leading, sitting in front of computers and clicking on the I phones, we need to re-charge our motivation and strive to remain focused on our priorities. Moreover, we need to update our knowledge about all we’ve learned in our catechism classes as children. We certainly need that spiritual re-charging of our faith, and keep ourselves up to date with the teachings of the church, the beautiful letters and encyclicals of our Popes, the messages of our Bishops and the homilies of our pastors. We do this by attending meetings and talks organized in parishes and communities. We do this by reading Catholic magazines and newspapers, and jump into the immense realm of cyberspace that is there at our fingerprints, at the touch of a button, at the swipe of an image. Let’s not fall behind, but stayed charged up.