Reflection for Sunday, July 5, 2020: 14th week in Ordinary Time.
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Waldron, Maureen
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2020-07-05
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|Today's readings are an invitation to humility and meekness. I think my immediate response might be, "Humility? Thanks, but I'll pass on it."|Our world doesn't value humility but instead prizes fame, power and a certain swagger. Yet St. Ignatius always tell us that greater intimacy with Jesus comes through humility and humiliation. Ok, Ignatius, I'll pay attention.|In the first reading, the beleaguered Israelites, who were always awaiting a king to save them, are told to expect a different kind of savior. The passage opens with a call to joy and celebration as the Lord says, "Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you."|Yet this king is one who comes in total simplicity, riding not the powerful chariot or a warrior's horse, but the humble, plodding transportation of the poor: a young donkey. This savior promises to banish the weapons and instruments of war "and he shall proclaim peace to the nations." Both the people of Israel, and we today, long for peace. We can hear this promise in our hearts.|The message is reinforced by the psalm, as we are invited into a relationship with a God who is gracious, merciful, slow to anger and kind. Our loving God promises to lift up all who are falling and raise up all who are burdened in life. Are there any of us who don't need, and long for, that kind of support from God who has an endless supply of love?
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University Ministry, Creighton University.
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Lectionary Number: 100