June 24

The speaker emphasizes the importance of choosing Jesus as the ideal of one's life. They explain that Jesus is the only one who can fully satisfy our deepest thirst. They encourage listeners to learn about Jesus and follow his teachings, which can be found in the gospel. By living out his words, we can experience eternal life. Choose life. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. How then can you put this word of life into practice? If Jesus is the only one who can fully satisfy your deepest thirst, there is nothing better than to choose him as the ideal of your life. An ideal is something that one chooses, learns about, loves, follows, and imitates. One identifies oneself with an ideal. Where will you find Jesus so as to choose him, learn more about him, and follow him? Open the gospel. His words are he himself. Live them one by one. By Carol Lubick from the Word of Life of March 1981