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- Encourage One Another August 30, 2011 [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/ae3f0ab48ecf5aa1
- Meet the Lord August 29, 2011 [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/e370eca8ffdef44
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Topic: Encourage One Another August 30, 2011
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/ae3f0ab48ecf5aa1
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From: The Lighthouse Keeper <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Aug 29 07:42PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/131f1a4cb2e306a5
Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
By Beth DeCristofaro
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day (of
sudden disaster) to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are
children of the light and children of the day. ... Therefore, let us
not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. ...
Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed
you do. (1 Thessalonians 5: 5-6,11)
Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the
sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke
with authority. (Luke 4:31)
Piety
One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple. (Psalm 27:4)
Study
This past week has been so distracting between vacation, earthquakes
and hurricane (which precipitated cutting short the vacation) that the
message of alertness and building one another up is fresh and
relevant. For me, a change in schedule can disrupt my practice of
piety and action. Usually the beach is a place of renewal and prayer
with the ocean as choir. And although I did my usual morning walk and
prayer, I also found myself uncharacteristically glued to the TV
tracking the approach of the storm and then discussing who felt the
ground move and from how far away. I did very little of my "study".
Paul's letter to the Thessalonians was encouraging and affirming of
their faith and their faith in action. If he had been writing to me he
might have reminded me that preparedness is important in life but
obsessing over things isn't, and spending time in the presence of God
cannot take a back seat. He might have challenged me to consider that
I often spend more time in worrying, inventing scenarios, planning for
tomorrow...or whatever, and going about the motions of habit which
also include my spiritual practices than I do staying alert and sober
with the Lord and building up my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Paul might have reminded me that to dwell in the house of the Lord
takes discipline and love and that distractions are only that –
distracting. They are not God's ultimate desire for me which is
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (v. 9)
Action
Are there distractions in your life that are pulling you away from
really being aware, being present to the Lord and to the people that
are in your life? Pray for focus and practice paying attention with a
new light to your piety, study and action. Perhaps talk with someone
about attending one of the weekends upcoming or attend a School of
Leaders where you will be encouraged and built up.
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Topic: Meet the Lord August 29, 2011
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/t/e370eca8ffdef44
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From: The Lighthouse Keeper <dxfaro@cox.net>
Date: Aug 29 04:08AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/your-daily-tripod/msg/93154810da1198aa
The Memorial of the Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist
For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an
archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and
the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are
left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17
So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his
head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison. He brought in the
head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to
her mother. When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his
body and laid it in a tomb. Mark 6:27-29
Piety
Father, help us to stop political leaders from having the power of
death in their hands. Give us the will to oppose the use of the death
penalty when other alternatives such as life in prison exist so that
those who may be found to be innocent never face this cruel and
unusual punishment. Amen.
Study
John was the last prophet who did not have Jesus as a model to
imitate.
The parallels between the life and death of John the Baptist and Jesus
continue to strike us as we hear anew the reading about the
imprisonment, execution and burial of John. John came before Jesus in
life, in prison, and in execution. John, the voice crying out in the
wilderness, preceded Jesus in the desert and in death.
Despite his execution, John was always with Jesus and will always be
with Jesus just as St. Paul told the Thessalonians. If we imitate the
model that Jesus provides to us, then we too shall meet the Lord and
be with Him forever.
Action
The Commonwealth of Virginia has the nation's second most active
execution chamber. Each time a prisoner on Death Row faces execution,
the bishops of the two Catholic dioceses in the state write to the
governor and ask for another form of punishment to be used.
Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://
www.vadp.org/) is an advocacy group seeking the same ends. As we
meditate on the execution of John the Baptist today, check out this
web site and learn about ways you can advocate for states to use other
means of punishment such as life in prison by becoming a member,
writing to political leaders or attending a vigil.
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