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By Julie Lawler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time<\/a>
September 7, 2025
Wisdom 9:13-18b; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s Gospel reading leads us to reflect on and examine our priorities. What is most important? It is hard to choose between God and other commitments, but God is inviting us to choose God above all else, possessions and relationships, so that we can have eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a disciple is a daily decision to say \u201cYes\u201d to God. We are called to reflect and ask ourselves, where are our commitments, where is our time being spent? When we make bad choices and stray away from God, can we forgive ourselves for those unloving choices or behaviors? Can we forgive ourselves and love ourselves like God forgives and loves us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an invitation to enter into a space and be with Jesus. It can be peaceful, bringing us clarity and joy, but at the same time, it can be difficult to get there. This is the challenge. Saying yes is not just a one-and-done thing. We need to seek God\u2019s counsel repeatedly so that we can continually take the steps to be a disciple of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find the readings for this Sunday to be truly relevant to those times when we need to get out of a funk and get back to where we once were, secure on the path as disciples of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I joined the Maryknoll Lay Missioners<\/a>, in 2020 I moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and I am still here, living a life far from my family. Needless to say, I have made adjustments, and continue to transition to a new culture, learn two languages and adapt to a way of living that was not like what I had before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time moves on and I realized I had been in Cambodia for years now. I was thinking \u201cWow, where has the time gone?\u201d I had met so many people, experienced celebrations, weddings, gathered for funerals, and was invited to join in family gatherings. I led workshops for deaf future leaders, trained teachers<\/a> on deaf awareness and encouraged them to incorporate more activities and games that build skills and fluency in sign language, and designed training programs for teachers of the deaf (bilingual deaf education and STEM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I realized I was living in the fog of survival mode, distracting myself with social media, movies, and mindless thinking, to avoid focusing on feeling anxious in the time of the pandemic. How did you deal with the pandemic in my early years? For me, after long days in my ministry, I allowed myself to get caught up in mindless tasks that allowed me not to think about the uncertainty or unpredictable nature of what was unfolding around me. I was not seeking God\u2019s counsel like I had in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, I felt a nudge and a call \u201cCome, follow me.\u201d I recognized this feeling and like before, it was God calling me to give myself space to retreat and reset my priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After reflecting on the readings for this Sunday, I am reminded of a recent experience I had of God calling me to set my mind straight again so that I could be a better disciple. I felt called to spend time in meditation so I could push out the noise of the world and seek God\u2019s counsel once more. I felt like I was surviving the pandemic, doing the best that I could. But there comes a time, when you need a reset, and I was feeling just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the borders reopened two years into the pandemic, I went to a Jesuit retreat center called the Seven Fountains, in Chiang Mai, Thailand<\/a>. The retreat center is nestled in a property near the mountains, next to the hustle and bustle of Chiang Mai University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you enter the grounds, the peace and tranquility surround you. There are winding paths outlined with brick that lead you under a canopy of old trees. Along one path, you go under an archway etched with the word peace and walk through a bamboo forest that leads to a prayer labyrinth, with side chapels and a small grotto with a statue of Mary. During my retreat, I was guided by a spiritual director who encouraged me to visit these outside stations and join in meditation prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In those days during my retreat, I felt the love of Christ and also the desire to make my path straight again. Today\u2019s reading encourages us to take those actions that make our paths on earth straight. If you fall, listen to God and go to God again. Seek God\u2019s counsel and ask for the grace to let go and move on. Discernment is just that, a process of looking at our choices and evaluating our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In saying yes, we know that being a disciple of Jesus is not easy. There is a constant need to be mindful and a mindset that tells us to stay alert to the advances of sin. How are you seeking God\u2019s counsel? Take those first steps and act: pray, listen, and follow God\u2019s call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryknoll Lay Missioner Julie Lawler, who earned degrees in special education and deaf education, worked as a teacher in Austin, Texas, for 11 years before joining the lay mission organization in 2019. She serves at the Deaf Development Programme in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reflection was previously published in 2022. To read other Scripture reflections<\/a> published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image: A woman walks a path through a mangrove forest in Rayong, Thailand. (Sippakorn Yamkasikorn, Unsplash\/Thailand)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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