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| | THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet. – Matthew 21:46 Taxiing down the tarmac, the 747 abruptly stopped, turned around and returned to the gate. After a two-hour delay, it finally took off. “What was the problem?” Barry, a worried passenger asked the steward. “The pilot, who happens to be the best plane captain this airline company has ever had, was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine,” explained the flight attendant, “and it took us a while to find a new pilot.” Would you rather change planes or just take the simpler option of changing the pilot? I don’t know about you, but even if I find a pilot who agrees with what I’d like to believe, it doesn’t make the defective plane any safer. It would still crash into a million flaming pieces in a matter of time. Jesus didn’t blink when He told the chief priests and Pharisees that something was broken in them. In His love, He wanted to heal and save them from themselves. But truth can be inconvenient. “Eliminate Jesus” was far easier. Friend, is God speaking an inconvenient truth in your life today? Don’t change the pilot. Let Him heal you. Jon Escoto (faithatworkjon@gmail.com) 9 REFLECTION: The loving God points something in your life that ruins you or slows you down. Listen to Him. Father, it hurts when I get confronted with the truth, either by Your Word or by someone You use to speak the truth to us. Give me the grace to surrender myself to Your care and grace. Mold me by Your love. Amen. St. Frances of Rome, religious, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The story of Joseph is set up and the reason for Israel’s presence in Egypt is explained. All that remains to be seen is what God is going to do about it. It is a horrible story of sibling rivalry that leads the Israelites to travel to Egypt. There is little doubt that we will be appalled by the situation. It is doubtful that we could think of much worse. Let us not focus on the appalling nature of events in our lives but the fact that the power of God is sufficient to turn it completely around. Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 3 Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long tunic. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him so much that they would not even greet him. 12 One day, when his brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem, 13 Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are tending our flocks at Shechem. Get ready; I will send you to them.” 17 So Joseph went after his brothers and caught up with them in Dothan. 18 They noticed him from a distance, and before he came up to them, they plotted to kill him. 19 They said to one another: “Here comes that master dreamer! 20 Come on, let us kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns here; we could say that a wild beast devoured him. We shall then see what comes of his dreams.” 21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from their hands, saying, “We must not take his life. 22 Instead of shedding blood,” he continued, “just throw him into that cistern there in the desert; but don’t kill him outright.” His purpose was to rescue him from their hands and restore him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came up to them, they stripped him of the long tunic he had on; 24 then they took him and threw him into the cistern, which was empty and dry. 25 They then sat down to their meal. Looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, their camels laden with gum, balm and resin to be taken down to Egypt. 26 Judah said to his brothers: “What is to be gained by killing our brother and concealing his blood? 27 Rather, let us sell him to these Ishmaelites, instead of doing away with him ourselves. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed. 28 They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. P S A L M Psalm 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 R: Remember the marvels the Lord has done. 16 When the Lord called down a famine on the land and ruined the crop that sustained them, 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, sold as a slave. (R)18 They had weighed him down with fetters, and he was bound with chains, 19 till his prediction came to pass and the word of the Lord proved him true. (R) 20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of the peoples set him free. 21 He made him Lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions. (R) GOSPEL Parables are shocking stories that sometimes hit home more powerfully than we expect. The parable we read today is one of rebellion, which is characteristic of all sin. We need to take this thought seriously to help us realize the dreadful nature of sin and the damage that it causes our relationships with the world, with one another and with God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son; so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life. Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 33 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. 34 When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. 35 But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. 36 Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ 39 They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” 41 They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” 42 Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes’? 43 Therefore, I say to you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.” 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. 46 And although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet. think: Let us not focus on the appalling nature of events in our lives but the fact that the power of God is sufficient to turn it completely around. T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Revelations 7-10 | |
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| | SABBATH | God ’s often mysterious Plans Ignatius of Loyola was a typical soldier of his time — not very holy at all. Then he was wounded in a war, became bedridden for some time, and then converted. Young Francis of Assisi was a dandy and jolly partygoer. Then he, too, was wounded and, during a prolonged illness, reformed his life. We ask, “Did they have to suffer first to bring them to their senses?” Obviously that was God’s plan for these two saints and for many others — us included. Yes, God’s plans are sometimes extremely mysterious, even shocking. No wonder we often cannot understand what is happening to us, to our loved ones, to the world. How often do we ask God, “Why do you do this to me?” And with the bestselling author Philip Yancey, we may cry out what he put as title on one of his books, “Where is God when it hurts?” When we utter these questions, God only smiles and says, “Just wait, my dear friend, you will understand later.” Our readings today point to the same direction. Joseph the Dreamer, spoiled by his father, was sold into slavery by his own jealous brothers. Years later, as second in command in Egypt, he finally realized that all his suffering and humiliation were necessary so that through him God would save not only countless Egyptians, but also his father and his brothers, from seven years of famine. The owner of the vineyard suffers the death of his servants, even of his son. But that finally made him hire other tenants and to get the harvest of grapes he was entitled to. And God did not save His Son from the horrible torture of the Cross so that He may reach His grand goal: the salvation of humankind. God’s plans often leave us in total darkness. What we need in those moments of not understanding them is a bit more faith and trust in our God who is not a sadist or tyrant but a loving Father. Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD REFLECTION QUESTIONS: How do you react when you meet trials and sufferings? Do you question God’s omnipotence or do you still trust Him? Lord, I have often doubted Your goodness when suffering and trials put me down. Grant me more trust in Your love and let me always see the light at the end of the tunnel. | |
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