19 Sunday C - Stand Ready - Faithfulness
Thomas
O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
Introduction to the Celebration
The gospel
today reminds us that we must ‘stand ready’ for the return of the Lord. We must
be people who are ‘dressed for action’ and have our ‘lamps lit’ and be those
who are ‘found awake’. Let us reflect on how we are often not quite up to the
mark or have ‘postponed till later’ the call to witness to Jesus.
Gospel
Notes
While this
material is not found only in Luke, it is so transformed by him that it can be
treated as if it were found only in his gospel. Verse 35 marks the beginning of
a section on watchfulness and faithfulness so that the disciples are ready for
the moment when ‘the Son of Man’ returns. However, the internal elements seem
to concern those who are the servants and stewards of the community: if they do
their task well and persevere in it, then they will be rewarded with a reversal
of roles. Having been servants of the master’s table, then they will be given
seats and waited upon by the master. Meanwhile, they must be careful in how
they carry out their tasks for they do not know when he will return.
Senior Moments: Musings - in Light Humour
As I was lying around, pondering the problems of the world, I realized that at my age I don't really give a darn anymore.
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Aug 6: Transfiguration
Every year we celebrate the feast of Transfiguration. This year it will
be on August 6.
Christ’s Transfiguration is well known. On the transfigured face of Jesus, who had ascended Mount Tabor with Peter and James, shone a ray of the divine light that He was keeping in his soul. This same light shone again on Christ’s face on the day of the Resurrection. For this reason Transfiguration is an anticipation of the Pascal mystery. Transfiguration invites us to open the eyes of the heart over the mystery of God’s light present in the whole history of liberation. We must contemplate the Lord with eyes of faith as Pope Francis’ encyclical Lumen Fidei teaches. Poor eyes of faith that look at Christ, poor on the Cross, so that we can look at the Father and at the world as He does. (Lumen Fidei, 56)
Christ’s Transfiguration is well known. On the transfigured face of Jesus, who had ascended Mount Tabor with Peter and James, shone a ray of the divine light that He was keeping in his soul. This same light shone again on Christ’s face on the day of the Resurrection. For this reason Transfiguration is an anticipation of the Pascal mystery. Transfiguration invites us to open the eyes of the heart over the mystery of God’s light present in the whole history of liberation. We must contemplate the Lord with eyes of faith as Pope Francis’ encyclical Lumen Fidei teaches. Poor eyes of faith that look at Christ, poor on the Cross, so that we can look at the Father and at the world as He does. (Lumen Fidei, 56)
18 Sunday C: The Good and the Goods
By Monsignor Francesco Follo
PARIS, August 02, 2013 (Zenit.org) - As the pearls are linked together by a string so are the virtues of charity that make us rich of God (St. Pius of Pietralcina)1) To accumulate the Good not goods.
In the first reading of the Roman Liturgy, three forms of vanity are identified: the sterility of human effort, the fragility of the achieved results and the many abnormalities and injustices of life. In the Gospel Jesus speaks about a rich man satisfied for his wealth that is being told “You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you”. ( Lk 12;20). This speculator was not very clever. In fact he had not ”invested” well. The Redeemer doesn’t limit himself to verify the vanity, the lack of foundation and the uncertainty of material goods. I don’t believe that the Messiah intent is simply to disenchant man in making him free from the fascination of ownership. Christ indicates more deeply the true way of liberation.” Thus will be for all who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what matters to God” ( Lk 12:21). It is the “for oneself” that is wrong and must be substituted with another orientation, in front of God.
Quotes: Good inspirations-81
"All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them"
Walt Disney"Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs
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