Wednesday, November 11, 2015
WEDNESDAY, 32ND Week in Ordinary Time
November 11, 2015 WEDNESDAY, 32ND Week in Ordinary Time
St. Martin of Tours, Bishop
Memorial, White
Wis 6:1 – 11 / Lk 17:11 – 19
[St. Martin of Tours (316 – 397), bishop of Tours, is portrayed as a young soldier on a horse who cut his mantle into two to share it with a beggar freezing in the cold. The beggar was really Our Lord who appeared to Martin in a dream wearing the half-mantle: "See, this is the mantle that Martin, yet a catechumen, gave me." Indeed a great example of Christian goodness and charity.]
Reading: Wis 6:1 – 11
Listen, O kings, and understand; rulers of the most distant lands, take warning. Pay attention, you who rule multitudes and boast of the numerous subjects in your pagan nations.
For authority was given you by the Lord, your kingship is from the Most High who will examine your works and scrutinize your intentions.
If, as officials of his kingdom, you have not judged justly or observed his law or walked the way God pointed out, he will oppose you swiftly and terribly; his sentence strikes the mighty suddenly.
For the lowly there may be excuses and pardon, but the great will be severely punished.
For the Lord of all makes no distinction, nor does he take account of greatness. Both great and lowly are his work and he watches over all, but the powerful are to be judged more strictly.
It is to you then, sovereigns, that I speak, that you may learn Wisdom and not stumble.
For those who keep the holy laws in a holy way will be acknowledged holy, and those who accept the teaching will find in it their defense.
Welcome my words, desire them and they will instruct you.
Gospel: Lk 17:11 - 19
On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along the border between Samaria and Galilee, and as he entered a village, ten lepers came to meet him. Keeping their distance, they called to him, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" Then Jesus said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." Now, as they went their way, they found they were cured. One of them, as soon as he saw he was cleansed, turned back praising God in a loud voice, and throwing himself on his face before Jesus, he gave him thanks. This man was a Samaritan.
Then Jesus said, "Were not all ten healed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God but this alien?" And Jesus said to him, "Stand up and go your way; your faith has saved you."
Reflection:
In the Gospel reading we see Jesus cure ten lepers. Only one, and one who was a Samaritan, comes back to glorify God and thank Jesus for his cure. "Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God but this alien?"
We could perhaps reflect on some key phrases from today's Gospel reading.
"Keeping their distance," the ten lepers asked Jesus to cure them. Jewish law required that the lepers keep distance from people who were clean. We "keep distance" to look at ourselves and examine our lives, acknowledge our failures and weaknesses, our successes and strengths, and to decide what to do next.
"As soon as he saw he was cleansed," one leper turned back to thank Jesus and glorify God. We need to be able to see changes in our life; we need to be vigilant; we need to look and see and reflect.
One "turned back praising God in a loud voice, and throwing himself on his face before Jesus, he gave him thanks." Only the Samaritan showed gratitude and appreciation for what Jesus did for him, of what God worked for him.
"This man was a Samaritan." God loves everyone.
"Stand up and go your way; your faith has saved you." Jesus admonishes him to live the new life given him.
Let us ask God to teach us to be aware of and to appreciate his many gifts and to be ever grateful for them. Everything we have is gift: let us give glory and praise to the good God.
WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:
BIRTHDAY
EDEN DEZA CHUA, M.D.
ROSITA L. LUYM
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!
**************************************************
These reflections are distributed free and are for personal use only. Feel free to send the Daily Prayer reflections to your friends, colleagues and relatives; however, if you do, please include the following:
+================================================+
| The Daily Prayer, a service and an apostolate of the
| priests, laity and friends of Mary the Queen Parish
| distributed free and for personal use only.
+================================================+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GoogleGroup Address: http://groups.google.com/group/daily_homily
Archive: http://biblereflection.blogspot.com/
To subscribe from this free mailing service, send email to: dailyhomily@earthlink.net
To unsubscribe: daily_homily-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
© 2014 Daily-Homily
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DAILY-HOMILY" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to daily_homily+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
# posted by F O O D F O R T H O U G H T @ 5:09 AM 
