Sunday, October 08, 2006
Tuesday 27th Week in Ordinary Time
October 10, 2006
Tuesday 27th Week in Ordinary Time - Yr II
GALATIANS 1:13-24
Brothers and sisters: You heard of my former way of life in Judaism,
how I persecuted the Church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy
it, and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my
race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions. But
when he, who from my mother's womb had set me apart and called me
through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might
proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and
blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before
me; rather, I went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus. Then
after three years I went up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas and
remained with him for fifteen days. But I did not see any other of the
Apostles, only James the brother of the Lord. (As to what I am writing
to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.) Then I went into the
regions of Syria and Cilicia. And I was unknown personally to the
churches of Judea that are in Christ; they only kept hearing that "the
one who once was persecuting us is now preaching the faith he once
tried to destroy." So they glorified God because of me.
LUKE 10:38-42
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed
him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet
listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him
and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself
to do the serving? Tell her to help me." The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There
is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will
not be taken from her."
REFLECTION
People frequently interpret today's Gospel story as giving an insight
into Jesus' attitude toward two states of life, the contemplative and
the active. Martha they see as embodying the active type of person, and
Mary the contemplative. And, of course, Jesus tells Martha that her
sister, Mary, has chosen the better part. And so they conclude Jesus
therefore thinks the contemplative way of life is superior to the
active. But you can't establish it from today's Gospel story.
Jesus was not suggesting that Martha's activity-filled life was a less
worthy type of service or was morally or spiritually less acceptable
than Mary's contemplative way. Martha's service to Jesus was very much
in line with the activity of the Good Samaritan in yesterday's Gospel,
showing kindness to, being concerned about people ... and we saw how
Jesus praised the Samaritan.
It's not a matter of measuring Martha against Mary or activity against
contemplation. Both were needed in the early days of the Church, and
both are necessary today. And both should be part of the life of every
individual Christian.
On one occasion Jesus' lifestyle was so active that his family thought
he might be going out of his mind. On another occasion we see him so
weary that he was sleeping in a boat, undisturbed by a fierce storm
that had his companions, experienced fishermen, crying out in terror.
So weary, the storm did not wake him up. Luke also notes, however, that
Jesus was always going off to a quiet place to spent time listening to
his Father.
Why did Jesus chide Martha? Not, surely, because Martha was
activity-prone. You could say this about Jesus himself. Rather because
Martha criticized Mary, who took time to sit and listen to Jesus, to be
contemplative. Active people tend today to lose themselves in activity
as did Martha then. We need also to incorporate into our active lives a
bit of the contemplative.
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray ...
- for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
- Birthday: Bernadette Ching Pamute
- for the speedy recovery and healing of Manuel Go.
- for the speedy recovery and healing of Domingo.
- for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Frederick Ng Tiu
- Birthday: Ellery S. Lim
- Birthday: Cora Chiong
- for world peace and reconciliation.
Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our
prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.
Have a good day!
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MONDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
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Fr. Rick, Moderator
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OCTOBER 9, 2006
MONDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR II
GALATIANS 1:6-12
Brothers and sisters: I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking
the one who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel
(not that there is another). But there are some who are disturbing
you and wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ. But even if we or an
angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than the one
that we preached to you, let that one be accursed! As we have said
before, and now I say again, if anyone preaches to you a gospel
other than the one that you received, let that one be accursed! Am
I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to
please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not
be a slave of Christ. Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,
that the Gospel preached by me is not of human origin. For I did not
receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came
through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
LUKE 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and
said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said
to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" He said in
reply, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with
all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and
your neighbor as yourself." He replied to him, "You have answered
correctly; do this and you will live." But because he wished to
justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus
replied, "A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off
leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a
Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the
opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved
with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil
and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on
his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day
he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the
instruction, `Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have
given you, I shall repay you on my way back.' Which of these three,
in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?" He
answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to
him, "Go and do likewise."
REFLECTION
"I am amazed," Paul writes in today's first reading, "that you are
so soon deserting him who called you
and [that you] are going
over to another Gospel." It seems a group of believers, probably
from Jerusalem and perhaps claiming the authority of the Jerusalem
Church, were preaching in Galatia a Gospel contrary to the one Paul
had taught there. They were teaching that Gentile Christians must
keep the Law of Moses, as it's found in the first five books of
Hebrew scripture. These "troublemakers," as Paul calls them, must
have been quite persuasive. The Galatians apparently were being
easily won over from the Gospel Paul had preached to them. Paul
defends his Gospel fiercely. It was directly revealed to him by
God. Should anyone, Paul exclaims, teach a Gospel contrary to the
one he preached to the Galatians, even if the preacher be Paul
himself or an angel from heaven, "Let him be accursed!"
These people were sincere but they were also human. Being human,
they had their biases due to cultural, educational and experiential
factors.
>From the very beginning, however, God's spirit was with the Church,
enabling her to separate truth and falsehood. So will it be until
the end of time.
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray
- for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
- Birthday: Bernadette Ching Pamute
- for the speedy recovery and healing of Manuel Go.
- for the speedy recovery and healing of Domingo.
- for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Frederick Ng Tiu
- Birthday: Ellery S. Lim
- Birthday: Cora Chiong
- for world peace and reconciliation.
Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our
prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.
Have a good day!
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