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The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, June 23, 2002 The Twelth Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Jeremiah 20:10-13 Psalm 69:8-10,14,17,33-35 Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33 A reflection on today's Scripture: Jesus said: "Whoever disowns me before men, I will disown before my Father in Heaven." This message, heard at Masses this weekend around the world, should be our cue to examine our thoughts, speech and behavior. Regrettably for some of us, being a Catholic is nothing more than some sort of "magic." We go through the motions of religion and hope that we'll be "saved." We attend church because 'we gotta do it' and obey civil laws out fear of being caught if we do otherwise. If we could take a panoramic snapshot of the wider picture of life and creation, we would see that the things about which we so narrowly focus so much of our attention, are indeed, a total waste of our time. How infrequently we dwell on the purpose of our existence and where we are going with it. Instead, things like fun, pleasure, sex and wealth are the only focus of our pursuits. If only we would disconnect ourselves from the tentacles of the media, and instead spend that same time reading and meditating on scripture and other quality spiritual reading, then we would begin to live with God in our hearts. If we pursued that way of life, we would easily and boldly proclaim to all that Jesus is our Lord! - Joachim, ocds YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters. The meditations are in English & Spanish at http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive). ARCHIVED Meditations: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/dailymed%40saturn.nibcomp.com For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)2002 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms (c)1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Full text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/ |
Title: Meditation: Sunday, June 23, 2002
