DAILY- HOMILY

November 6, 2015 FRIDAY - Commemoration of All Jesuit Departed

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Rom 14:7 - 9, 10b – 1 / Jn 6:37 - 40 

Reading: Rom 14: 7 - 9, 10b - 12      

     In fact, none of us lives for himself, nor dies for himself. If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Either in life or in death, we belong to the Lord; Christ experienced death and life to be Lord of both the living and the dead.

     For we will all appear at the tribunal of God. It is written: I swear by myself - word of the Lord - every knee will bend before me, and every tongue shall confess truth before God.  So each of us will account for himself before God.

Gospel: Jn 6:37 - 40 

     Yet, all that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me, I shall not turn away. For I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the One who sent me.

     And the will of him who sent me is that I lose nothing of what he has given me, but instead that I raise it up on the last day. This is the will of the Father, that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall live with eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day."

Reflection:

     November 6 is a day in the Jesuit liturgical calendar to remember All Jesuit Departed. In the same way that we, the Church on earth, honor the Church in heaven in the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1 and remember the dead on November 2 in the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, the living members of the Society of Jesus confirm their one-ness and companionship with Jesuits in heaven in the Feast of All Saints of the Society of Jesus on November 5 and in praying for the Jesuit dead on November 6 in the Commemoration of All Jesuit Departed.

     The great majority of departed Jesuits in the Philippines are buried at the Jesuit cemetery at Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches, Quezon City. Especially for those who have studied or worked with Jesuits for many years, visits to the Jesuit burial places, especially at Sacred Heart Novitiate, bring back hopefully pleasant memories of school, parish or other connections with Jesuits. Visits bring back memories of dedicated teachers, researchers and administrators, parish priests, confessors and counselors, colleagues, companions and friends.

     The individual lapida at a Jesuit cemetery lists down the name and three key dates of a departed Jesuit: date of birth, date of entrance [or birth] into the Society of Jesus and date of death.

     In the first reading for today Paul reminds the Romans that "none of us lives for himself, nor dies for himself. If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Either in life or in death, we belong to the Lord." Presumably a Jesuit's entrance date into the Society marks his commitment to give his life to the Lord and his Church and that "in life or in death, [he] belongs to the Lord."

     Today, the Commemoration of All Jesuit Departed is a good time to pray for the Jesuit dead, especially those who have taught us or worked with us or somehow touched our lives. It is also a good opportunity for us to consider that, like the members of the Society of Jesus, "either in life or in death, we [too] belong to the Lord."

WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:

BIRTHDAY

     AMELIA R. MARIN

     ISABEL LOPEZ NAZAL

     LOLITA P. DEL CARMEN

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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