Mt 13:
44-51: If we really understand the worth of the kingdom, we shall do this with
great joy because we are aware that what we are getting (the treasure, the
pearl) is what our deepest self really wants and is worth far more than
anything we can give up for it. The parable of the net tells us about the
scandals existing in the church and one should not tolerate them passively. The
separation is needed and is permanent for the kingdom and will become
definitive on that very day because love is the law of the kingdom of heaven.
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Friday, 30 August 2013
30. I FRI of Elijah-Cross-Moses
Lk 12:
54-59: People knew to read the signs of nature. So the signs which are seen
around Jesus are enough for the sincere ones to understand that now is the time
announced by the prophets to be converted and Israel must acknowledge it
savior. The urgency of conversion for Jesus must be done before it is too late
with a reconciliation between brothers and sisters because we are in our way to
God’s judgment so that we can take advantage of the right situation we are
then, if we are in the above said positions.
Thursday, 29 August 2013
29. I THU of Elijah-Cross-Moses
Mk. 10: 35-45:
In God’s kingdom the power concept of this world is reversed. For Jesus
leadership means servant hood. Jesus is the model as a servant waiting at table
to serve. To serve the needs of all, especially the lowly, marginalized and
outcasts, is the way to glory for a disciple of Christ Jesus. To be a ‘leader’
of Jesus’ community means to be the first to drink the cup of Jesus.
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
28. I WED of Elijah-Cross-Moses
Lk 12:
41-48: The passage indicates about the stewards of the Lord and his community.
They are those leaders of the church and its pastors. If they make the mistake
of seeing only to the good functioning of the institutions they run and are
thus liable to forget Christ’s coming and if they make use of community
resources as their own, their fate will be pitiful – they will be cast out of
the Lord’s household in the eschatological community.
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
27. I TUE of Elijah-Cross-Moses
Lk 6: 20-26:
‘If you set your heart and bend your whole energies to obtain the things which
the world values, you will get them –but that is all you will ever get’. But on
the other hand if you set your heart and bend all your energies to be utterly
loyal to God and true to Christ, you will run into all kinds of trouble; you
may be according to the worldly standards look unhappy, but much of your
payment is still to come; and it will be joy eternal.
Monday, 26 August 2013
26. I MON of Elijah-Cross-Moses
Lk 14:
15-24: The parable speaks about an eschatological final gathering into God’s
community of salvation. For this heavenly banquet which will take place at the
end of time, Jesus sends out the invitations. The time to respond is now! Those
who are invited (in the parable the cream layer of the Jewish people) seem to
have rejected the invitation on the false pretexts their own concerns. The
second invitation to the Jewish people who are poor, crippled, outcasts and the
marginalized and the third invitation to the gentiles indicate the togetherness
of a wider community of God.
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