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The Catholic Calendar for Tuesday, September 3, 2002 The Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 Psalm 145:8-14 Luke 4:31-37 A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture: "What is there about His word?" What is there about His word? What is the strength and the power that flows from it? God spoke the world into being, through the power of His word and His Word, all things came into being. That's a powerful word. To a limited extent, we give words power or take them away. Some of our readers may recall a time when Clark Gable's final line in "Gone with the Wind" caused an uproar throughout the country. Now, it wouldn't even be noticed in the middle of a child's cartoon. We have devalued the language by allowing vulgarity to grow and take over so much of our vocabulary. Likewise, we devalue meaning when we speak of Jesus or God, or the Eucharist, or Mass without proper reverence. When we say, "I have to go to Mass," we've turned a wonderful celebration into an onerous task. How you choose to say something will ultimately effect how you feel about that thing. When we can truly say, "Precious Lord," and believe the words and feel something of their impact, we give language back some of its value. Jesus is the Word made flesh. Reverence for Him requires caution in how we use words and the Word of God embodied in the Bible. Careful reflection on Scripture will teach us new words for our vocabulary of prayer. What there is about His word is power, glory, value, meaning, goodness, light, and truth. Let us spend time with His words, and fashion our own on His. - 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, September 3, 2002
