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The Catholic Calendar for Saturday, September 7, 2002 Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 1 Corinthians 4:6-15 Psalm 145:17-21 Luke 6:1-5 A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture: In our first reading today, St. Paul reminds us of the public perception of an apostle: being "last of all", "fools on account of Christ", bearing all, enduring all, like the world's rubbish. This is strong language, indicating the 'lowly' status the Lord calls each of His apostles -- and us -- so that we may serve Him truthfully in the world. While this type of life appears unbearable from a worldly perspective, we know and recognise that true discipleship is a life of service, one where our own selfish and destructive desires subordinate to the divine calling of God in our lives, a powerful calling which allows us to be led and to lead others to transform our lives in the Divine Hope and assurance of attaining ultimate peace and salvation. And when we think the 'lowly' path of discipleship is outside our broken human grasp, let us not forget the times when we have extended the arms of love and compassion to those around us in need ...times when we have loved and have been rejected and hurt in return ...times when we have spoken out in truth and justice and have been admonished and abused ...times when we have trusted..only for our trust to be returned with betrayal ...times when we have experienced tremendous mental and physical suffering ...not understanding but accepting. This is the discipleship of Jesus; working through the messiness of every day life, yet staying close to Jesus: knowing and recognising at the depth of our being that with Him 'All is well, all is as it should be'. Today let us ask the Holy Spirit to renew and strengthen our Faith so that with the eyes of Faith, we may determine God's will in our lives and have the courage to live His will. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen - Cliodhna Doyle ([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) BLOG? The meditations are also available at our new Blog 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] The FINE PRINT: (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: CORRECTION: Meditation: Saturday, September 7, 2002
- Meditation: Saturday, September 7, 2002 Joachim
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