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The Catholic Calendar for Tuesday, August 27, 2002 The Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time St. Monica Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3,14-17 Psalm 96:10-13 Matthew 22:23-26 A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture: Concerning the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ.... It is almost a fashion in certain parts of the Christian world to look for signs of His coming. A war in Israel, a flood in Bangladesh, an earthquake in Armenia -- all could be signs. What is Paul's advice for us? "[Do not] be quickly shaken in mind or excited." That is, even when you hear these things and see these signs, do not presume. Presumption is a great error, if not a sin. The Lord Himself told us, "Seek not to know the time or the day, for the day of the Lord will come upon you as a thief in the night." More importantly, Jesus comes to us every day that we can attend Mass. We have no need to anticipate the Second Coming in body because we can be with Him at almost any time. In many parishes there is Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. If you are blessed to have such a devotion in your parish, avail yourself of it. You can experience the Lord of all comfort, of all graces. The same Lord whom Paul invoked to "comfort your hearts and establish in them every good work and word." (2 Thessalonians 2:17) This is the reality that we welcome. We know He will come again in body, but we can appreciate and take advantage of every opportunity to meet him in an intimate and personal way. We don't need to wait for the Second Coming; we can experience His comfort and compassion today, if only we will stir ourselves to do so. - JuandelaCruz, TOCarm ([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: Tuesday, August 27, 2002
