{"id":6217,"date":"2026-01-29T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:59:40","slug":"the-lords-most-loved-a-maryknoll-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/the-lords-most-loved-a-maryknoll-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord\u2019s Most Loved: A Maryknoll Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/mklm.org\/our-people\/missioners\/profile-louise-locke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louise Locke, MKLM<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resources\/fourth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>February 1, 2026<\/em><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/020126.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we recognize [Jesus] under the appearance of bread, we will have no difficulty recognizing him in the disguise of the suffering poor.\u201d \u2014 Saint Teresa of Calcutta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my fifth year as a Maryknoll lay missioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2022\/03\/here-i-am-send-me-lay-missioners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assigned to Bolivia<\/a>, I reflect that I have had plenty of opportunities to accompany the poorest Bolivians. I have assisted abandoned elders living in a nursing home and men living with disabilities. Right now, I am co-founding a ministry to help the poorest and most vulnerable women and children receive psychological, emotional, educational, nutritional and spiritual assistance that will help them overcome many of the barriers preventing them from living full and enriching lives. The plight of the people I accompany here touches me deeply and I view myself as an enlightened person who would never discriminate or want to avoid contact with those on the margins. I tell myself that I really prefer the poor as they are the ones most loved and blessed by the Lord as described in today\u2019s readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then I met my reality check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a practicing Catholic who considers going to daily Mass and receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2023\/06\/eucharist-everywhere-a-maryknoll-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Eucharist<\/a> helpful in keeping my spirit sustained in my ministry efforts, I also feel drawn to participating in adoration at my local church. There is a fairly affluent church near the Maryknoll campus that offers adoration once a week after the daily mass, and I have been participating in this weekly devotion for the last several years. Recently, I had an experience in this church that profoundly humbled me and helped me realize I had to take another look at my own assumptions about the way I view God\u2019s blessed poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I entered the church, I noticed a person sitting in one of the pews who seemed out of place. He was a man of advanced years, disheveled and filthy from head to toe with dirt-blackened feet encased in open-toed Indigenous-type sandals. Lying next to him on the pew was a raggedy cloth bundle typically used by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2019\/07\/tutoring-indigenous-bolivian-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Indigenous<\/a> to carry their possessions, wares to sell, or even their children. I may not have focused on him except that he was staring at me very intently as I walked to my pew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had never seen this man before and, rather than concentrating on the mass, I found myself totally distracted by this man\u2019s presence. My mind was completely absorbed in calculating and judging. I had thoughts like \u201cWhy is he staring at me \u2014 it makes me uncomfortable.\u201d \u201cHe is going to ask me for money \u2014 should I give him some?\u201d \u201cHow much?\u201d \u201cWill he come back every week if I give him money today?\u201d \u201cWhy is he in this church \u2014 he is interrupting my prayer time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/photo_meditations\/thus-says-the-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Lord<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Mass finished and gave way to adoration, I thought, \u201cOkay, he will get tired of sitting there and leave when he realizes that we aren\u2019t finished.\u201d I very much wanted to avoid encountering him as I left the church so I wouldn\u2019t have to worry about his motives and whether or not to give him money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the monstrance was placed on the altar and adoration began, I still felt the man\u2019s presence and his penetrating stare. Looking at the Eucharist encased in the monstrance and attempting to focus on adoring the Lord, the image of this man suddenly came to mind and out of nowhere I heard distinctly in my soul \u201cJesus is here, too.\u201d This happened several times until I finally understood what the Lord was trying to convey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was totally convicted with the realization that Jesus\u2019 presence in the Eucharist cannot be separated and sterilized from Jesus\u2019 presence in other people, especially God\u2019s beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/01\/synodality-starts-with-listening-to-the-poor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poor<\/a>. The second reading particularly hits home to me with the words: \u201cGod chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something.\u201d (1 Corinthians 1:28)&nbsp; Rather than love this man because of his dignity as a son of God, I judged, shunned and wanted to avoid him. The realization that I am not as enlightened, nonjudgmental, and selfless as I think I am was a much-needed insight, and I am profoundly humbled and grateful to God for this lesson. Upon leaving the church that day, I greeted the man, asked his name and gave him some money. Hopefully, the next time I encounter someone whose dignity may be hidden by outward appearances, I will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2023\/03\/compassion-in-the-fifth-sunday-of-lent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loving and compassionate<\/a> toward them instead of judgmental. I pray for the Lord\u2019s help that it may be so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is my prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Source of Love and Fount of all Blessings: Please help me to encounter you not only in worship but also in the foolish, weak, lowly and despised people you put in my path each day. May I always be willing to accompany them without judgment. May I constantly be reminded of my own need for repentance and conversion. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maryknoll Lay Missioner Louise Locke, who joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/06\/fifty-years-of-sharing-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the lay mission organization<\/a> in 2021, serves in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where she has accompanied <a href=\"https:\/\/mklm.org\/bolivia\/the-hands-of-a-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoned elderly people and men in vulnerable situations<\/a>. She is currently co-founding a project for <a href=\"https:\/\/mklm.org\/bolivia\/pilot-program-for-vulnerable-families-in-bolivia-reports-dramatic-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mothers and children<\/a> in Tiquipaya, a marginalized community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To read other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/category\/scripture-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scripture reflections<\/a> published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resource_type\/scripturereflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Featured image: Maryknoll Lay Missioner Louise Locke (in pink shirt) visits with Lourdes and her children in a poor community on the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Lourdes, who has five young children including one with a developmental disability, was given a small cart for selling street food to support her family. 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