Natural Law

Obeying the natural law does not mean submitting to an external law imposed from the outside, but rather "welcoming the law of one's own being." It expresses what is best for us, if we wish to act in an authentically human way.

 --J. Michael Miller, CSB; Courage and the Physician

Philippians 2:6-11

Brothers and sisters:
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Being the New Wine for the Celebration, Madeleine Delbrêl

It seems to us that action is also an imploring prayer. It does not at all seem to us that action nails us down to our field of work, our apostolate, or our life. Quite the contrary, we believe that an action perfectly carried out at the time and place it is required of us binds us to the whole Church, sends us out throughout her body, making us disponible in her. Our feet march upon a street, but our heartbeat reverberates through the whole world. That is why our small acts... perfectly join together the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Giving ourselves over to his will at the same time gives us over to the Church, whom the same will continuously makes our saving Mother of grace. Each docile act makes us receive God totally and give God totally in a great freedom of spirit. And thus life becomes a celebration.

Servant of God Madeleine Delbrêl (died 1964) was a French laywoman, writer, and mystic devoted to caring for the poor and to evangelizing culture.

Isaiah 1:18-20

Come now, let us set things right,
says the Lord:
Though your sins be like scarlet,
they may become white as snow;
Though they be crimson red,
they may become white as wool.
If you are willing, and obey,
you shall eat the good things of the land;
But if you refuse and resist,
the sword shall consume you:
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken!