I want to bring things with me

Take nothing for the journey but a walking stick –no food, no sack, no money. This really scares me. I want to bring things. I do not want my complete trust to be in God, as much as I say I do. I want a Plan B. (and a Plan C, and maybe even a Plan D). But then I try to imagine what God, in his goodness and mercy, can do with me. God can do far more with me than I could ever do for myself. Summon the courage today to follow God, trusting only in him.

Homily given at Christian Brothers College High School, Town and Country, Missouri

Take nothing for the journey but a walking stick –no food, no sack, no money. This really scares me. I want to bring things. I do not want my complete trust to be in God, as much as I say I do. I want a Plan B. (and a Plan C, and maybe even a Plan D). But then I try to imagine what God, in his goodness and mercy, can do with me. God can do far more with me than I could ever do for myself. Summon the courage today to follow God, trusting only in him.

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