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Topic: Say the Word (June 26)
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Jun 25 06:44PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/30d48c211046283b
Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Cry out to the Lord; moan, O daughter Zion! Let your tears flow like a
torrent day and night; Let there be no respite for you, no repose for
your eyes. Rise up, shrill in the night, at the beginning of every
watch; Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your little ones (Who faint
from hunger at the corner of every street). Lamentations 2:18-19
"Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the
word and my servant will be healed." Matthew 8:8
Piety
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you. Only say the word and I shall be
healed.
Study
Our first reading provides a rhetorical question answered in today's
Gospel. "For great as the sea is your downfall; who can heal you?"
Lamentations 2:13b
The answer, of course, is the Lord. However, this may not be the most
important lesson of the day. Reading the Gospel, we also are
confronted with the question of power. The centurion commands legions
of soldiers. With a few words, he commands these men to follow his
orders. However, no amount of "position power" can help the centurion
save his servant.
The weakness of his power and words is placed in stark contrast to the
strength exhibited in the power and words of Jesus. Jesus does not
even have to be in the room with the servant who is ill. The servant
is cured from miles away at the very moment that Jesus commanded it to
be so.
Recognizing the limits of any position power is driven home by the
humility of the centurion. "Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter
under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be
healed." (Matthew 8:8) We encounter the humility of a servant leader
again when Jesus faces his trial and execution. Even though we know he
has the natural power to control his situation, he surrenders to the
power of others in order to ascend over his humanity and back to his
divinity.
Action
What are the limits of our faith? How far will we go to follow Jesus?
Can we set aside our personal agendas in order to exercise the faith
He seeks in us? Jesus never rescinds his invitation to us. Are we
ready to accept it?
If we answer yes to that question, the example we have to be ready to
follow is that of Peter's mother-in-law. After she accepted the
healing power of Jesus, she in turn accepted her responsibility to
serve the Lord and the children of God.
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