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- But Say the Word (September 13) [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/5e23c5e26d92de0e
- Went Back (September 12) [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/8fe258baefbdf809
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Topic: But Say the Word (September 13)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/5e23c5e26d92de0e
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From: The Lighthouse Keeper <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Sep 12 07:30PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/5dcd2dd120b07aa2
Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the
death of the Lord until he comes…Therefore, my brothers, when you come
together to eat, wait for one another. 1 Corinthians 11:26, 33
And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from
the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, "Lord, do not
trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say
the word and let my servant be healed." Luke 7:6-7
Piety
"Lord, I am not worthy to receive you but only say the word, and I
shall be healed."
Study
Luke portrays Jesus as a man of piety, study and action -- praying,
preaching, healing, answering prayers, debating the Pharisees, and
exorcising demons. He goes the way and shows the way so we can follow.
Jesus singles out his encounter with the centurion as an example of
how the Church he is building will stretch beyond the Jews. The
centurion exemplified the spirit expressed today in Psalm 40: "To do
your will is my delight."
The attitude he embodies is noted well by Jesus. Even though the Jews
faced persecution and hardship at the hands of the belligerent forces
from Rome, Jesus listened to the plea from the centurion and makes the
Psalm come to life: "May all who seek you exult and be glad in you."
Jesus not only granted his prayer but he commented to those around, "I
tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
Value in relationship was a central theme in the Sunday Gospel about
the lost sheep, the lost coins and the lost son. Today, we see the
centurion go to great lengths to aid the servant who was of such value
to him. Rather than just go out and commandeer another to serve him,
the centurion seeks healing for the valuable man already in his
service.
Action
If Jesus were to come to Fairfax County, would he find such faith in
the people filling up the pews of our churches or would he find that
faith in the more unlikely places where we might not look? Under
superhighway bridges where the homeless sleep? In the parking lots of
convenience stores and paint stores where immigrant laborers seek our
day jobs tending our lawns and making needed repairs to our homes? In
the under-funded AIDS clinics where indigent patients hope to find
ways to afford the life-saving drugs prescribed by doctors of those
with insurance?
Rather than climbing the ladder of success, Jesus tells us today to
"wait for one another" just like he waits for the centurion. We are
asked not to leave anyone behind. Just like the centurion seeks help
for his servant, the shepherd seeks out the one lost sheep and the
widow searches for her lost coin, we are to follow the ways Jesus
exhibits and leave behind our human (selfish) ways and focus on being
in right relationship with God and each other.
There may be a little centurion in all of us. We are reminded of his
humility and obedience at every Mass in the prayers before communion.
However, we are no longer asking the Lord to heal our servant but to
heal ourselves. Our prayer will be answered in the same way that Jesus
answered the prayers of the Roman centurion.
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Topic: Went Back (September 12)
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/8fe258baefbdf809
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From: The Lighthouse Keeper <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Sep 12 04:21AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/e25a390352e09257
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Rev. Joe McCloskey, SJ
"Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and how you swore
to them by your own self, saying, 'I will make your descendants as
numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I
will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.'" So the LORD
relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.
Exodus 32:13-14
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But
for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the
foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example
for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life. 1
Timothy 1:15-16
So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long
way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with
compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. Luke 15:20
Piety
The years go by and it almost seems nothing has changed. The Lord is
on the back burner now and it seems as if he is not getting the prime
time he deserves. Piety becomes more and more nebulous as we see how
half heartedly we do the things of the Lord. Consolation seems little
and is far between the times of dryness. It is hard to believe that
the Lord has chosen us. It is not that we have chosen the Lord. We
accept the call and come to recognize the call in the good things we
are able to do in life as we reach out for the missing sheep of the
gospel story. We are looking for the missing coin. We search the house
and when the coin is found, we rejoice. God rejoices in us as we the
missing coins of the gospel story are found by the Lord. We could
never really get far from him. He is always inviting us to come
closer. We are the lost coins he finds.
Study
We take a good hard look at all the ways the Lord is saving us. He
calls us by the kind words of a friend calling us back to the straight
and the narrow path. He is with us in every good book we have a chance
to read that reveals something of the Master's plan for us. He talks
to us through the sermons of the lives of the good people around us
who preach by their lives, if not even with their words. He is calling
us by the calls to kindnesses that are the opportunities to do good
for our neighbors. Our spiritual reading opens our eyes to how we can
get closer to the Lord in the actions of our lives. We do not have to
be the Prodigal Son of the Gospel story. We can stay close to the
Father by the goodness of our lives. The Saints show us the way as
they make Christ real by their lives and their goodness. Christ is
constantly being updated in our world when we live out the good things
about Christ that we study.
Action
We make the choice to return to our Father's house. We discover that
the Father is always waiting for us to come back. The Father
celebrates our returning home. We are always God's children even when
we do not deserve to be called such. We take the actions of love. We
run out to welcome back our brothers and sisters who had lost their
way. We share the best of ourselves. We open up our hearts to those
who have seen the error of their ways. The best of all the actions we
can do in the name of the Love of Christ is to have a place in our
hearts for everyone who would share our journey with us. We join with
the rejoicing of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. We
enter into the joy of the Lord. Each day we try to recognize a virtue
in each person that comes into our lives. The hidden moments of our
lives when we do what needs to be done without being asked give us the
chance to share Christ without anyone noticing what we do. We live our
lives for Christ by staying close to the Father. We become Christ to
our world.
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