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- If Only (July 11) [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/4f175ed06fa0a993
- He Touched My Mouth (July 10) [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/7a060d00cf728000
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Topic: If Only (July 11)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/4f175ed06fa0a993
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Jul 10 04:36PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/fe0c908db685a03e
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Rev. Joe McCloskey, SJ
"…[I]f only you heed the voice of the LORD, your God, and keep his
commandments and statutes that are written in this book of the law,
when you return to the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all
your soul." Deuteronomy 30:10
"[I]n [Jesus] all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him
to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his
cross 11 (through him), whether those on earth or those in heaven."
Colossians 1:19-20
"Go and do likewise." Luke 10:37c
Piety
The challenge of the Good Samaritan is ongoing in our lives. How do I
help the person that has no right to my help? How do I help the person
that I think is trying to rip me off? Among all the people that I
would help, there is the one that forces help out of me that I do not
know how to handle. I give a little to everyone. But the person who
claims from me more than I want to give always leaves a bad taste in
my mouth because as sure as I am that he is trying to rip me off, the
voice in my heart tells me I did not do enough. It is the last drop of
blood that Christ gives from the cross that leaves me feeling bad
about the smallness of my heart. As sure as I am that I am being
ripped off, there is no doubt that it is the voice of Christ at work
in my heart that leaves me feeling uncomfortable when I have not done
enough. I can never do enough until I have given Christ to the one who
does not look like he needs what he is asking for. I know piety is the
ability to not just listen to the voice of Christ in our hearts but it
is the ability to do something about Christ's urging us to go beyond
common sense and to give until it hurts. When I listen to that voice
and go beyond common sense I realize a happiness that is not had by
using what I have for myself. Love is the perfect place to find God in
our lives. What we do for the least one in our lives is what we do for
Christ.
Study
Christ says that he loves us as much as the Father has loved him. The
love of Christ is what we are challenged to in the parable of the Good
Samaritan. We are challenged by Christ to live in his love. Love one
another as I have loved you is a big order. He gave his life for me. I
cannot hide from that fact by watering it down by saying he did it for
all of us. My study is in reality a making of a decision to be the
love of Christ in our world. Love one another as I have loved you. How
can you say you love the God you do not see if you do not love the
neighbor that you do see. A Christ love demands we share what we have
with others. It is not a case of getting rid of what I do not need. If
I am going to give until it hurts, I need to give from the essentials
of my life. What am I holding back is what our study is all about in
the honesty of our hearts.
Action
Action speaks louder than words. Show me what you have done in your
charity and I will see your faith that does justice. We live in a
country that spends about 80% of the energy and resources of our
world. War to protect what we have has to be looked at against the
love of Christ from the Cross. We need to know where we are hurting in
our giving to those who need if we want to be able to rest in our love
of Christ. His love will not let us pass by those who need our help. I
do not earn the right to protect my comfort zone by how hard I work. I
earn the right to share the love of Christ in the abundance of what
God's love and God's gifts make possible in my life. WE are called to
be the Good Samaritans of today.
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Topic: He Touched My Mouth (July 10)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/7a060d00cf728000
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From: "dxfaro@cox.net" <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Jul 10 08:20AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/95616f4b38c45d26
Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
He touched my mouth with it. "See," he said, "now that this has
touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged." Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? Who will go
for us?" "Here I am," I said; "send me!" Isaiah 6:7-8
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear
whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those
who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the
one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Matthew 10:27-28
Piety
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6fYAiqV-Bs
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save.
I who made the stars and night,
I will make the darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart.
Study
As a society, we are very pre-occupied with purification lately. With
the H1N1 virus and other bodily germs, you can dare enter a building
without being offered a free dispenser of Purel or other hand
sanitizer. People have it on their desks, in their pockets and purses.
Eucharistic ministers at our parish use it before stepping up to the
altar before serving for Communion. We have been told that instant
hand sanitizers safely and effectively destroy the majority of
bacteria and viruses that can cause illnesses. It is critical to
remember, however, that to do this, instant sanitizers are potently
toxic chemicals which if used improperly, can be dangerous. Woe is me.
I am doomed to be infected with bird flu, H1N1 or some other exotic,
modern disease.
How many of us would even turn on our computer without having Norton
Anti-Virus, McAffee, Kaprisky or other software installed to protect
us from the evils that lurk in the Internet age? These evils are
designed to wreak havoc on our machines or worse to steal our identity
and wreak havoc in our personal and financial lives. We have been told
that the Internet can help us safely and effectively live better
lives. It is critical to remember that to do this, requires that we
must use it with caution. Woe is me! I am doomed to have my system
crash and face hours, days or months rebuilding my computer and life.
What are your experiences with violence? In a class on peacemaking,
author and columnist Coleman McCarthy asked those assembled about our
experiences with violence. He painted the scenario of walking down a
strange city street at night. Approaching us was an unknown person.
Many people would cross the street or get to the safety of a lighted
pathway as quickly as possible. He then asked how many of the class
(about 100 people) had been victims of a violent act by a total
stranger. Maybe three or four hands went up. Professor McCarthy then
inquired how many of us were victims of a violent act by someone we
knew. About 65 hands went up. Even though we might be careful around
strangers, we might now take those same steps around people we know.
Woe is me! I am doomed to suffer at the hands of my enemies and
strangers as well as my friends and family.
Isaiah was symbolically purified to be worthy of his vocation as God's
prophet when the hot embers from the altar touched his lips. In Mass,
our celebrant reenacts this ritual purification immediately before the
Gospel is read by making the sign of the cross on the Bible, his head,
his lips and his heart. We follow that example praying that the Word
of God will purify our minds, our lips and our hearts.
Despite all the dangers of modern society, Matthew shares with us
Jesus' warning. "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but
cannot kill the soul." Isaiah also reminds us that the Lord is there
to protect us. Unconditionally. He will purify us from what ever
dangers lurk in the valley, on the mountains or on the streets. No
Questions Asked.
Action
What challenge are you ready to tackle in return for your
purification? Just as the Lord purified Isaiah unconditionally, He
offers the same to us every day. Once cleansed from the sin of
humanity, the Lord then needs servants to carry his word and words
from the sanctuary to the streets. Whom shall He send?
Are you ready to repeat the words of Isaiah? "Here I am, Lord! Send
me!" What actions will the hot embers of the Good News propel you to
accomplish today?
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