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- Make Our Dwelling with Him (May 9) [1 Update]
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- Out of the World (May 8) [1 Update]
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Topic: Make Our Dwelling with Him (May 9)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/19255a92d02dfad0
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: May 08 02:45AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/f7104b9508b1d324
Sixth Sunday of Easter
By Rev. Joe McCloskey, SJ
"'…It is the decision of the holy Spirit and of us not to place on you
any burden beyond these necessities, namely, to abstain from meat
sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and
from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these, you will be doing
what is right.'" Acts 15:28-29
The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name--he
will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives
do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
John 14:26-27
Piety
The Last Supper of Christ captures the essence of the message of
Christ. The word that rings down through the ages and is echoed in
every Eucharist is "Love." Christ captures our hearts by giving us his
Body and his Blood. Christ gives us the perfect example of what love
is all about by not holding back. He gives all of self. The totality
of self-giving is modeled in Eucharist. The Commandments are "the
what" of Love. God makes us free. We love God when we freely return
all of ourselves to God. Commandments spell out the how to do it. The
question is validly put. "How can you love the God you do not see if
you do not love the neighbor you do see?" Love is measured out in how
we love our neighbor as our self. Christ says it neatly. "Whoever
loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will
come to him and make our dwelling with him. The Spirit teaches us how
to love and makes our love possible with the 7 gifts; wisdom,
knowledge, counsel, understanding, (which are the gifts for the mind)
and piety, fortitude and fear of the Lord (which are the gifts of the
heart). The interplay of the gifts of the Spirit gives us the fruits
of the Spirit which are the makeup of our love for one another.
Study
How we live out our Christianity is taught by the Church. Teachings
that do not make sense need to be questioned against the light of the
Spirit which is reflected through consulting the Church. It is Christ
that we are following. When someone comes along with a teaching that
does not fit what we have been taught we need to consult with the
apostles and the elders of the church about such questions that
trouble our spirit. When the teachings of the Church become too
complicated it is important to consult with those who are the teachers
recognized by the church by their wisdom and the richness of their
experience. The Universal Church is an expression of the many cultures
of our world and how the teachings of Christ are best expressed by
local cultures. There is simplicity in the teachings of love that asks
us to love the people that are and the church has learned through its
mistakes and its saints how to express the richness of Christ in the
local culture. The enculturation of the Church in local cultures gives
expression to the differences in people. How we love one another grows
as the relationship to Christ becomes the model of human love turned
into God love. The Father and Christ come to us with the Spirit to
give us our God life on the local scene.
Action
The sign of the action of the Spirit in our lives is the peace that
comes with closeness to Christ. Those that are sent in the name of
Christ bring peace by their coming. When authority is misused it
destroys the love people are meant to have for one another. How Christ
operates in our lives is seen by the growth in the fruits of the
Spirit in each of us. How we build up the local Church is seen in how
well we work with one another to bring out the best of all of us.
Hopefully we have all learned by the mistakes of the past how to honor
the good that is done and how to approve of the differences that bring
greater freedom and local involvement of people in the Church.
Protecting the garments of a frigid climate without appreciation of
the local conditions of a hot climate brought death to Trappists who
first came to this country from Europe in their mistaken zeal to hold
unto garments of a cold climate without making the adaptations that
made living possible. There will always be unacceptable forms of the
Chinese Rite controversy that ended a birthing Church by making a
mockery of what Christ's love is all about. Forgiveness and love have
to kiss if we are to avoid zero tolerance and a terrible injustice
done to Christ's love and forgiveness of the Women taken in adultery.
Zero tolerance is a terrible put down on Christ love for people that
are trying to change and to grow in love for one another. See how they
love one another needs to be a reality of the Church once again. It is
love that makes change possible.
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Topic: Out of the World (May 8)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/4e84478555ae169e
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: May 07 08:50PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/c0eee9c6f9d6991c
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you
belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you
do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you." John 15:18-19
Piety
Dear Lord, help me to be strong and faithful when the day comes for me
to learn that the world hates you and those who believe in you. The
friendship and intimacy you offer me does not belong to this world. It
is not based on competition, rivalry, success, jealousy, and
suspicion. It is not acquired by manipulation or extortion. Your love
and goodness are free gifts coming from the abundance of your heart.
Your peace and joy are like streams flowing freely from your innermost
self to your people. But the world in which I live has other ways and
other rules, and it responds to you and your abundant love with hatred
and persecution.
I do not know if I am ready for that. I am weak, fearful, and easily
in doubt. But I trust you will be at my side and will give me the
words when the hour comes to witness for your live. As for now, O
Lord, deepen my knowledge of your love. Amen.
("Saturday, May 19" in A Cry for Mercy: Prayers from the Genesee by
Henri J.M. Nouwen. New York: Image Books. 1981.)
Study
What is it about the love song of Jesus that riles up the world so
much?
The picture Jesus paints of how the world will react to him and to the
disciples is not pretty. You might be left scratching your head
wondering "THIS is the world that God loved so much that he sent his
only Son to save it?!!?" This hostile world hates Jesus and the
disciples who follow Him.
The warning about how the world will react to the message of Jesus – a
message of love – also is predicted in other Gospels.
"But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and
scourge you in their synagogues." Matthew 10:18
Then they will hand you over to persecution, and they will kill you.
You will be hated by all nations because of my name. Matthew 24:9
To avoid being drawn along in the world, the solution Jesus suggests
is to become separate from the world. This separation – this counter
cultural reaction to the world – is where and why the hatred seeds
grow.
Union with the world implies love. Separation from the world results
in fidelity to God but hostility from the world.
Jesus tells it the way it is. However, in doing so, he does not judge
the world or condemn it because He is here to save the world and us
from ourselves and our self-destructive/world-destructive behavior.
Action
Many religious communities separate themselves from the world. The
women and men who belong to these orders live cloistered lives of
prayer, study and love that support us in our daily work.
The rest of us who do not live behind the walls of a monastery or
convent face the reality of the world every day as the final dismissal
and blessing from Mass echoes in our lives.
Go in peace to love and serve the world. No matter how the world
reacts to what we do, what we say or what we believe, we are commanded
at every Mass every day to love and serve the hostile world just like
Jesus loved and served those who were his own in the world.
Watch the people drive right past the protestors standing vigil
outside an abortion clinic. Watch the people walk right into work past
anti-war protestors. Watch the people walk past the victims of sexual
abuse protesting outside the bishop's house. No matter how the Church
witnesses for a consistent ethic of life, the message often falls on
deaf ears. But just because the people do not have ears to hear does
not mean we should stop speaking, acting or believing.
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