Prayer before Election
PRAYER FOR LEADERSHIP
(On Ele ction Day and
Othe r Time s)
Joan D. Chittiste r, OSB
(On El
Joan D. Chittist
Give us, O God,
le ade rs
whose he arts
are large
e nough
to match the bre adth of our own souls
and give us souls strong e nough
to follow le ade rs
of vision and wisdom.
l
to match th
and giv
to follow l
In se e king a le ade r,
le t us se e k more
than de ve lopme nt
for ourse lve s
—
though de ve lopme nt we
hope for —
more than se curity
for our own land —
though se curity we ne e d —
more than satisfaction for our wants
—
though many things we de sire .
l
for ours
though d
mor
though s
mor
though many things w
Give
us the he arts
to choose
the le ade r who will work with othe r
le ade rs
to bring safe ty
to the whole
world.
th
l
to th
Palm Sunday 2014
Thomas O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
The text in the Missal (p. 123: ‘Dear friends in Christ …‘) cannot be bettered. However, care should be taken to read it as if it were one’s own notes so as to stress the notion that we are entering into the Great Week, accompanying Christ in the Paschal Mystery.
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Michel DeVerteuil General comments
The gospel reading for this Sunday is the passion of Jesus, St Matthew’s version. The story of his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, which is read during the ceremony of palms, is not merely a highly significant event in the life of Jesus, it gives us the key to interpreting all that subsequently happened to him. Meditating on this story is therefore an excellent start to Holy Week.
Lent 5 A - Lazarus is Raised
Opening Story: 1: A sign of resurrection:
As Vice-President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, Brezhnev’s wife performed an act of great courage and hope, a gesture that must surely rank as one of the most profound acts of civil disobedience ever committed in Communist Russia: she made the sign of the cross on her husband’s chest. There in the citadel of secular, atheistic power, the wife of the man who had run it all made a gesture suggesting that her husband had been wrong. She hoped that there was another way of life – a life best represented by Jesus who died on the cross, and that this same Jesus might yet have mercy on her husband and raise him up on the Day of the Judgment. (Gary Thomas, Christian Times, October 3, 1994, p. 26.)
Lent 5 A Sunday - second homily
From Bible
Gateway Commentary:
In this transitional
story there are many connections with earlier chapters. The motif of light
found in chapters 8 and 9 continues (11:9-10), the purpose given for the
illness of the blind man is similar to that given for Lazarus' death (9:3;
11:4), and the healing of the blind man is referred to (11:37), as is the
conflict with the Jewish authorities in chapter 10 (11:8). We have another
example of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, calling his own and gathering his flock
(11:54). There are also larger connections, for the raising of Lazarus is the
last of a series of Jesus' signs that began in chapter 2; both the first and
last of the signs in this series (2:11; 11:4) are explicitly linked with the
revelation of God's glory. All of the signs were revelations of who Jesus is
and what he offers. The final sign, the raising of Lazarus, points most clearly
to what has been at the heart of the revelation all the way through and what
was emphasized in Jesus' keynote address (5:19-30)--that Jesus is the one who
gives life. The irony, of course, is that he gives life by giving up his own
life on the cross. A further irony is that by giving life to Lazarus, Jesus
sets in motion his own death. The raising of Lazarus, then, is the final sign
before the event that actually accomplishes what all the signs have pointed
toward--the provision of life through the death of the Son of God.
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