8/23/2013 – Friday of 20th week in Ordinary Time – Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14B-16, 22

     It is not easy taking a leap of faith, especially when the circumstances of our lives seem really difficult.   Ruth is a stranger in a strange land. The land is struck with feminine.  Her father-in-law dies, then her husband and her brother-in-law die, leaving these three women alone under great stress and strain.  Yet, Ruth decides to stay with her mother-in-law.  She decides to remain faithful.  The people of this strange land will be her people, and their God will be her God. It is not easy taking a leap of faith, but that is what Ruth does.  Sometimes our own circumstances may seem overwhelmingly difficult.  Sometimes we seem to be out of step with what is popular in society.  Yet, we are called to have faith.  We are called to trust in God.  We are called to take a risk for our faith.  May we have the courage to do so.