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The Catholic Calendar for Friday, August 30, 2002 Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 Psalm 33:1-2,4-5,10-11 Matthew 25:14-30 A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture: "You know neither the day nor the hour." (Matthew 25:15) We often hear these words proclaimed at wakes or funeral masses and I believe they're meant to give us a wake-up call. None of us, with all the wisdom of the world combined can predict the moment of our death. Only God Himself has that knowledge. God calls some of us very abruptly and others more quietly. Some of us will linger with an ongoing illness, while others experience violent deaths. Who can understand any of it? We might ask, "Why does God do these things?" We need to remember that God doesn't do these things to us. Sickness and disease have been humanity's lot as a result of Adam's first sin. What God created in the beginning was good, very good. But mankind has succeeded in ruining nearly every resource on the earth. The real cause of all this disorder (sin, disease, misery, death) stems from mankind's disobedience before God and his subsequent and pitiful fall from grace. Let us be encouraged that the Lord speaks to us every day of our lives, if only we might listen. In today's Gospel, He speaks of being prepared to meet Him. Are we ready for that? So, how do we get ready? Simply, by loving one another as He has loved us, moment by moment, day by day. Lord God, Our lives are filled with many stumbling blocks. Send forth your Holy Spirit upon us, that we may we be filled with your saving grace. Amen! - Deacon Bill Powers ([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: Friday, August 30, 2002
