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- Appointed Watchman September 4, 2011 [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/5c8ea089568a5851
- Reconciled in His Fleshly Body September 3, 2011 [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/3f5f619e776284b5
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Topic: Appointed Watchman September 4, 2011
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/5c8ea089568a5851
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From: The Lighthouse Keeper <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Sep 03 12:11PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/b66549bd4a357477
Twenty-Third Sunday Of Ordinary Time A
By Rev. Joe McCloskey, SJ
You, son of man—I have appointed you as a sentinel for the house of
Israel; when you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them for me.
When I say to the wicked, "You wicked, you must die," and you do not
speak up to warn the wicked about their ways, they shall die in their
sins, but I will hold you responsible for their blood. Ezekiel 33:7-8
Enter, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who
made us. For he is our God, we are the people he shepherds, the sheep
in his hands. Oh, that today you would hear his voice: Do not harden
your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert.
Psalm 95:6-8
Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again, [amen,] I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about
anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my
heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my
name, there am I in the midst of. Matthew 18:18-20
Piety
Piety allows us to say hard things to those we love when they are off
base and need to be reminded of what they need to do. We call that
hard love. It is easier to walk away rather than be involved in the
problems of others. Love call us to get our hands dirty when there is
a task that touches the love in our heart where Christ speaks. It is
too easy to wash our hands of friendships that demand a correcting
word if we are to truly listen to our hearts. The truth and the love
of Christ speak in our charity toward one another. Being involved in
the problems of others is the demand charity puts on our hearts if our
piety is alive with Christ working on our hearts. If today we hear the
voice of Christ calling us to speak the word of Christ, we must not
harden our hearts. What we would do for friends, he asks us to do for
those who do not like us.
Study
We study how we owe love to one another. It is never easy to call
another to account for their sin against us. Altruistic love is when
we tell another how they are hurting us. There is reluctance to hear
another telling us to change for our own good. If we are loved by
another, they will listen to us if we are sharing our pain with the
one who is hurting us. What another might not do for one's own sake is
easily done for the one loved. The problem of correcting another who
does not love us when they are hurting us by their sin is all too
real. We never like making enemies madder at us than they already are.
It takes the study of prayer to find the words that God would use to
touch the heart of the one sinning against us. An intervention is when
we bring others who might be listened to help one who is trapped by an
addiction. That is possible when one is part of a community. Community
is the bond of involvement in the lives of others where intervention
is not seen as meddling. Choosing the right people for an intervention
is the work of study. We utilize interventions when one would not
listen to us speaking alone.
Action
The Lord speaks through the words of the Prophet Ezekiel about
appointing watchmen for the house of Israel. Ezekiel speaks of what
will happen if we do not speak out against what is wrong in our
community. We become responsible for the guilt of others if we have
not done our part to remedy the problems of community. We hear too
much about people changing communities rather than working for the
changes that are needed. There is no merit in running away from
problems. The voice of the Lord is the voice of involvement. Sins of
admission are what we most have to fear in the world today if we are
not speaking up for the least one of our brothers and sisters. Love
does no evil to the neighbor. Love is the fulfillment of the law.
Justice and Mercy kiss by love of the Lord. What we bind on earth in
our good will to one another, God binds in heaven in our name. How we
bring our work of reconciliation to prayer allows God to grant our
requests when we gather in the name of Jesus to make a better world.
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Topic: Reconciled in His Fleshly Body September 3, 2011
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/3f5f619e776284b5
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From: The Lighthouse Keeper <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Sep 03 06:24AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/e92863b350448fa1
Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the church
And you who once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil
deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through his death, to
present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before
him,provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable,
and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard.
Colossians 1:21-23a
Jesus said to them in reply, "Have you not read what David did when he
and those [who were] with him were hungry? [How] he went into the
house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could
lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions." Then he
said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." Luke 6:3-5
Piety
O God, by your name save me. By your strength defend my cause. O God,
hear my prayer. Listen to the words of my mouth. Psalm 54:3-4
Study
Whose rules do we follow?
When driving in traffic, we follow (or are supposed to follow) the
laws set down by civil authorities. Drive the speed limit. Keep right.
Yield to pedestrians and bikers.
When making our way in the world of work, we must adhere to the tax
laws of the nation, our home state and local governments.
Yet when making our way through life, we must follow the precepts of
the Lord of the Sabbath. As St. Paul reminds us, through his "fleshly
body," we were reconciled from our evil ways. So through our "fleshly
bodies," we must then persevere in the faith and be fully grounded in
the Lord. That is our end of the covenant to hold up in order to be
presented in our reconciled (i.e. holy and unblemished state) to the
Lord.
Action
Let's face it. We are the rope in the tug-of-war between good and
evil. When our muscles get sore, we want to give in and let evil win.
That is why we need to stay connected to the Lord through prayer,
study and action.
What tug-of-war are you being pulled by this weekend? Do not give in
to the last of the lazy, hazy, crazy and likely rainy days of summer.
Get up and get active. Look for opportunities to help others around
the corner, around the nation and around the world. They are counting
on your fleshly body to be the arms and legs of Christ's love on earth
today and every day.
Be it the Hurricane victims in Vermont or Louisiana, the famine
victims in the Horn of Africa, or the unemployed workers facing long
term unemployment right here in America. we all can continue to share
of our time, talents and treasures to make their world a better place.
We'll never miss the help that they will never forget.
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