Sunday, June 05, 2016
10th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
05 June 2016
10th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Cycle C. Green.
1 Kgs 17:17 – 24 / Gal 1:11 – 19 / Lk 7:11 - 17
From the 1st Reading: 1 Kgs 17: 17- 24
After this, the son of this housewife became ill. And such was his illness that he stopped breathing. . . .
Taking him from her lap, he carried him up to the upper room where he was staying and laid him on his own bed. Then he called on Yahweh, "O Yahweh, my God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am residing by letting her son die?" Then he stretched himself on the child three times . . . , "O Yahweh. My God, let this child's breath return to him." Yahweh listened to the pleading of Elijah and the child's breath returned to him and he lived. . . . He gave him to his mother, "See, your son is alive."
Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that your words really came from Yahweh."
From the 2nd Reading: Gal 1:11 - 16
Let me remind you, brothers and sisters, that the Gospel we preached to you is not a human message, nor did I receive it from anyone. I was not taught of it but it came to me as a revelation from Christ Jesus. You have heard of my previous activity in the Jewish community; I furiously persecuted the Church of God and tried to destroy it. . .
But one day God called me out of his great love, he who had chosen me from my mother's womb, and he was pleased to reveal in me his Son, that I might make him known among the pagan nations.
From the Gospel Reading: Lk 7:11 – 16
A little later Jesus went to a town called Naim and many of his disciples went with him, as he reached the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was the only son of his mother and she was a widow; there followed a large crowd of townspeople.
On seeing her, the Lord had pity and said, "Don't cry." Then he came up and touched the stretcher and the men who carried it stopped. Jesus then said, "Young man awake, I tell you." And the dead man got up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. A holy fear came over them all and they praised God saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people."
Reflection
It is said that, for a mother, nothing is more painful than burying her own child. We see the pain and sorrow of the mothers in today's readings from the 1st Book of Kings and the Gospel of Luke. The pain and sorrow are greater because both mothers were widows and they have lost their only sons.
Elijah had been staying with the widow of Zarephath and her child and they had their meal and jug of oil miraculously replenished during the severe drought. Jesus met the funeral procession of the young and only son of the widow of Naim on his coming to Naim.
Death, sorrow, pain and suffering are part and parcel of human existence. Evil has become a part of human existence. How many times have we asked God, "Why is this happening to me? What have I done to deserve this pain and suffering?"
In today's readings, both widows had their only sons restored to life: by the prayer of the prophet Elijah and by Christ the Son of God himself.
In our pains and sorrows, in our difficulties and dark moments in life, may we maintain our faith in the living and loving God.
WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:
THANKSGIVING
Anie, Leanne, Mike, Airel & Lenie
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Eric & Cynthia Gale
Wilson Lim & Estela Lim
IN MEMORIAM (+)
Emmanuel Luy
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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