There was once a woman who was religious and devout and filled with love for God. Each morning she would go to Church. And on her way children would call out to her, beggars would accost her, but so immersed was she in her devotions that she did not even notice them.
Now one day she walked down the street in her customary manner and arrived at the church just in time for service. She pushed the door, but it would not open. She pushed it again harder, and found the door was locked.
Distressed at the thought that she would miss the service for the first time in years, and not knowing what to do, she looked up. And there, right before her face, she found a note pinned on to the door. It said, “I’m out there!” (Antony de Mello - Prayer of the Frog)
Well ! He is out there, among the needy, helpless children, the beggars who are hungry, thirsty and naked. He is out their on the sickbed, in the prison, on the streets among the homeless. That is what He clearly indicates in his description of the “last Judgment.” If you are serious about finding Him, look for Him where He is. When Christ commanded His followers, “Do as I have done” he meant much more than the observance of Rituals.
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