The Little Ones
Matthew 18: 10 - 14
Anthony B. Robinson
"Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of the Father. . ." Who are the little ones?
Children? New Christians? The poor? The unsophisticated? The disabled or disfigured? The little ones have few, if any, influential friends or allies in the centers of earthly power, yet it turns out that these same little ones have influential friends, angels even, in high places not of this world, in the presence of God. The celebrated founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day, was speaking with a homeless man in the kitchen as the night wore on. An impatient reporter, eager to interview Day, paced outside, indicating in every way he could that he was tired of waiting and that he took precedence over Day's homeless guest. When Dorothy Day had finished her conversation with the man who was homeless, she turned to the reporter and asked, "With which of us did you wish to speak?"
Prayer: Holy One, help me to know that those who appear to have no connections, status or clout, are in truth deeply connected, connected to You. Amen.
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