Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time: Nov. 4 - 10, 2007
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Alexander, Andy, S.J.
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2007-11-04
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"Every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple." Luke 14
The Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time|On the Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time we have Luke's marvelous account of Jesus' encounter with the wealthy tax collector, Zacchaeus. Watching from a tree, he is invited by Jesus: "' Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house."|Friday is the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. Saturday is the Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church.|During the regular readings this week, we conclude a four-week series of first readings from Paul's Letter to the Romans. He reminds us, "Who has known the mind of the Lord?"|In the Gospel according to Luke we see Jesus living out his daily life with challenging honesty. He calls us to extend an invitation out of our hearts, not with an eye on an invitation in return: "invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind." When the religious leaders complain, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them," Jesus tells parables of the man who finds his lost sheep and the woman with the lost coin, both of whom rejoice in finding what was lost. We end the week with Jesus' asking which is more important, God or money? "No servant can serve two masters."|On the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, in Luke's Gospel, the Sadducees ask sly questions of Jesus, hoping to confuse him on the idea of a Resurrection. Jesus refutes them by quoting Moses: "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."
Daily Prayer This Week|The invitation comes from Jesus: Today I must stay at your house! Jesus wants to come into our hearts, even if we don't feel ready for him. How can we accept the invitation? How can we carry Jesus more closely in our hearts this week?|As we go about our very busy lives in the days ahead, we can continue to practice focusing our attention on an ongoing conversation with our Lord throughout the day. Our desires - for union with our Lord, to know God's love for us, to become more aware of our failings, to become more generous with our family and friends, to be more patient and forgiving, to love as we have been loved - can be expressed in these simple expressions. These expressed desires will naturally interact with the real events of our day.|The gospels this week will draw us into desiring to be more generous in spirit, not expecting to be paid back. We can be inspired to be merciful and to not let money or pride dominate our behavior. We won't be "unprepared" if keep making openings for our Lord to enter the ordinary moments of our days.|We can invite the Lord into our lives moment by moment, simply by slowing down for a moment and asking for the grace to be grateful for what we have been given, and ask for the focus in our days to remember how much we have been loved.|Each night, let's look back over the day briefly, and give thanks for a God who listens to our desires.
The Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time|On the Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time we have Luke's marvelous account of Jesus' encounter with the wealthy tax collector, Zacchaeus. Watching from a tree, he is invited by Jesus: "' Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house."|Friday is the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. Saturday is the Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church.|During the regular readings this week, we conclude a four-week series of first readings from Paul's Letter to the Romans. He reminds us, "Who has known the mind of the Lord?"|In the Gospel according to Luke we see Jesus living out his daily life with challenging honesty. He calls us to extend an invitation out of our hearts, not with an eye on an invitation in return: "invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind." When the religious leaders complain, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them," Jesus tells parables of the man who finds his lost sheep and the woman with the lost coin, both of whom rejoice in finding what was lost. We end the week with Jesus' asking which is more important, God or money? "No servant can serve two masters."|On the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, in Luke's Gospel, the Sadducees ask sly questions of Jesus, hoping to confuse him on the idea of a Resurrection. Jesus refutes them by quoting Moses: "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."
Daily Prayer This Week|The invitation comes from Jesus: Today I must stay at your house! Jesus wants to come into our hearts, even if we don't feel ready for him. How can we accept the invitation? How can we carry Jesus more closely in our hearts this week?|As we go about our very busy lives in the days ahead, we can continue to practice focusing our attention on an ongoing conversation with our Lord throughout the day. Our desires - for union with our Lord, to know God's love for us, to become more aware of our failings, to become more generous with our family and friends, to be more patient and forgiving, to love as we have been loved - can be expressed in these simple expressions. These expressed desires will naturally interact with the real events of our day.|The gospels this week will draw us into desiring to be more generous in spirit, not expecting to be paid back. We can be inspired to be merciful and to not let money or pride dominate our behavior. We won't be "unprepared" if keep making openings for our Lord to enter the ordinary moments of our days.|We can invite the Lord into our lives moment by moment, simply by slowing down for a moment and asking for the grace to be grateful for what we have been given, and ask for the focus in our days to remember how much we have been loved.|Each night, let's look back over the day briefly, and give thanks for a God who listens to our desires.
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