The below came from Roy Petitfils today in his newsletter.  I highly recommend you signing up for his newsletter especially if you work with youth or have kids.  Today’s piece he shared really moved me:  

“What if…

Your relationship with Jesus is your teaching.

Your relationship with Jesus is your administration.

Your relationship with Jesus is your parenting. 

Your relationship with Jesus is your counseling.

Your relationship with Jesus is your coaching.

Your relationship with Jesus is your mentoring.

Your relationship with Jesus is your spiritual direction.

Your relationship with Jesus is your music ministry.

Your relationship with Jesus is your speaking.
 
Your relationship with Jesus is your consulting.

Your relationship with Jesus is your mission work.

Your relationship with Jesus is your campus ministry. 

The marginalized, the lost and the sick do not need more ministers. They need Jesus.

Our “ministries” are not Jesus. They are a means for us to be Christ for others. That only happens when we first allow Jesus to be Christ for us.”

What if we lived our lives like this? 

Becky Eldredge

Becky is an Ignatian-trained spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and writer. She is the author of the Busy Lives and Restless Souls (March 2017, Loyola Press) and The Inner Chapel (April 2020, Loyola Press). She helps others create space to connect faith and everyday life through facilitating retreats and days of reflection, through writing, and through spiritual direction. With nearly twenty years of ministry experience within the Catholic Church, Becky seeks to help others discover God at work in the every day moments of people’s lives by utilizing St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises and the many gifts that our Catholic faith and Ignatian Spirituality provide.