Reflection for Wednesday, September 30, 2009: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
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Kestermeier, Chas, S.J.
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2009-09-30
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Luke has put together three short passages that give us a picture of a Jesus that we don't often see, a Jesus whom I would say is burning with zeal, absolutely driven by the Spirit. This Jesus is a whirlwind, His hand on the plow and eager to proclaim the Kingdom, the Good News, to a world waiting for hope and relief from the loneliness of the human condition. He does not exactly encourage the three people who approach Him: He outlines in a most concrete manner what they need to expect if they follow Him, and it is not wealth, glory, or a stability or a peace that is of this world.||Here Jesus turns his back on... what? A fixed home or situation, family and its comfort and obligations. He chooses to live with a poverty of place, of family, and of attachments, depending only on His Father and on doing His Father's will.|As for me, do I possess my memories, places, and things, or do they possess me? And my values, principles, and priorities? They do define me, to a certain extent, but am I free of them? Can I always be ready to become other, more, and new, or do I let the past define me completely and rigidly? I can't totally escape from the influence of that material reality that extends beyond air, water, food, clothing, and shelter, but am I free with all of that extra?|Do I place it all in God's hands and then receive it back from Him as a complete gift and a call to work with Him personally?|If so, I might be able to find the same freedom that Jesus exhibits and live with the same energy and zeal that He does.
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University Ministry, Creighton University.
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Lectionary number: 457