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The Catholic Calendar for Saturday, August 17, 2002 Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Ezekiel 18:1-10,13,30-32 Psalm 51:12-15,18-19 Matthew 19:13-15 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: The readings today focus on the topic of accountability. In the first reading from Ezekiel it is made clear that God will judge every person based on their own lives, not that of their family members. This is so refreshing as we each seem to have enough transgressions of our own, without bearing everyone else's. Then in the gospel of St. Matthew we have the beautiful scene where Christ blessed the little children and gave them recognition, a break from the traditions of the time. Christ highlighted the beauty of a child. These readings at first glance may not seem a break from the traditions today, but are they really? We have all heard discussions wherein value or lack of such is placed on a person based on what family they are from, where they live, how much they make, and so forth -- rather than looking upon each person as unique and special in the eyes of God. Likewise, do we always honor and value our children? Why are so many children going hungry and deprived of the basic physical, emotional and spiritual necessities even in countries with unlimited resources? Do we truly listen to our children, and give them our time to be heard? These readings are very timely! With God's grace, let us all be a part of the solutions for these problems, as opposed to adding to them! - Joan of Jesus, ocds ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God! Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters at: http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive) Also, the meditations are now in weblog form at http://dailymed.blogspot.com/ ARCHIVED Meditations: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)1986-2002 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 copy-right 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.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: Saturday, August 17, 2002
