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The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, August 18, 2002 The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Isaiah 56:1,6-7 Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8 Romans 11:13-15,29-32 Matthew 15:21-28 A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture: All three scripture passages for this Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time speak of God's desire that salvation be offered to all peoples of the earth, Jew and Gentile alike. From our mostly non-Jewish perspectives, we may take this for granted, but not so the Jews, the Chosen People. It was (and still may be) a hard teaching for them to accept. Consider all who have opened their hearts and souls to the Lord, who have received the balm of His forgiveness and grace, who have embraced the faith of salvation through the atoning blood of Jesus. Consider how their faith and trust in the One, True and Almighty God is such a joyous affair! Let us examine ourselves: are we so caught up in our worldly cycle of events, that we've lost sight of what life is really all about? Do we see ourselves as an unfulfilled and harried figure passing by that mirrored window of the moment - a fettered soul on it's fleeting walk of life? - Joachim, ocds 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: Sunday, August 18, 2002
