Reflection for Thursday, October 14, 2010: 28th week in Ordinary Time.

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dc.contributor.authorKestermeier, Chas, S.J.en_US
dc.contributor.cuauthorKestermeier, Charles T., S.J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-09T20:02:59Z
dc.date.available2014-06-09T20:02:59Z
dc.date.cycleYear IIen_US
dc.date.day14en_US
dc.date.daynameThursdayen_US
dc.date.issued2010-10-14en_US
dc.date.monthOctoberen_US
dc.date.seasonOrdinary Timeen_US
dc.date.weekWeek: 28en_US
dc.date.year2010en_US
dc.description.abstractPaul's letter opens with a joyous shout of energy, a hymn of joy and gratitude to God for what the Lord has done. I think that the vision here and in the first chapter of John's Gospel is critical in understanding our relationship to God and how it is all according to His plan, right from the first moment of creation.||Let me focus on one word in this particular reading and then go on from there. That word is "blood." I think that only too often we jump to understand that word as pointing to the death we gave Christ on the cross, and I suspect that we should look instead to this blood as being the sign of Christ's profound taking of our flesh, that nature of ours that is so firmly rooted in being a creature, a part of created reality. If we believe that created reality exists only to support the human adventure in its first stages, then Christ in His Incarnation is the full accomplishment of what this creation is all about. This would be similar to the "Word became flesh," not just a human being, in John's first chapter.|And when Paul says here that God chose us "in Him before the world began" he indicates the breadth and depth of God's plan, the amazing vision that God had of our relationship to Him in, with, and through Christ from the very beginning. And that points to our very end as well, when we become that New Creation in, with, and through Christ as members of His Mystical Body. This is "the plan He was pleased to decree in Christ, to be carried out in the fullness of time: namely to bring all things in the heavens and on earth into one under Christ's headship."|How does such a vision bring a cry of such gratitude and joy to Paul --- and hopefully to us? Because God has always been drawing us to Himself, patiently and faithfully, in our very creaturehood, a status that is filled with hope and joy now that we see the Father's own Son right at our side, helping us and leading us towards our Father's house. That will affect every one of us in slightly different ways, but it should always give us hope, joy, energy, gratitude, love, and the determination to be good stewards of the gifts that God decided were best for each of us.en_US
dc.identifier.otherLectionary number: 470en_US
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dc.program.unitChaplainen_US
dc.program.unitCollege of Arts and Sciencesen_US
dc.program.unitEnglishen_US
dc.program.unitModern Languages and Literatureen_US
dc.publisherUniversity Ministry, Creighton University.en_US
dc.publisher.locationOmaha, Nebraska, United Statesen_US
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dc.rightsThese reflections may not be sold or used commercially without permission. Personal or parish use is permitted.en_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity Ministry, Creighton University.en_US
dc.subject.local1Ephesians 1:1-10en_US
dc.subject.local2Psalms 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6en_US
dc.subject.local4Luke 11:47-54en_US
dc.titleReflection for Thursday, October 14, 2010: 28th week in Ordinary Time.en_US
dc.title.seriesDaily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.en_US
dc.typeEssay
dc.url.link1http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.htmlen_US
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