Tuesday, August 02, 2016

 

Wednesday, 18th Week in Ordinary Time

03 August 2016
Wednesday, 18th Week in Ordinary Time
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Jer 31:1 – 7 / Mt 15:21 – 28

From the 1st Reading: Jer 31: 1, 7
Yahweh declares that when that time comes he will be the God of all the 
Families of Israel, and they will be his people.  

For Yahweh says this:  Shout with joy for Jacob; rejoice for the greatest of nations.  Proclaim your praise and say: "Yahweh has saved his people, the remnant of Israel!"

Gospel Reading: Mt 15: 21 - 28
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.  Now a Canaanite woman came from those borders and began to cry out, "Lord, Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But Jesus did not answer her, not even a word. So his disciples approached him and said, "Send her away: see how she is shouting after us."

Then Jesus said to her, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."

But the woman was already kneeling before Jesus and said, "Sir, help me!" Jesus answered, "It is not right to take the bread from the children and throw it to the little dogs."  The woman replied, "It is true, sir, but even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table." Then Jesus said, "Woman, how great is your faith! Let it be as you wish." And her daughter was healed at that moment.

Reflection 
The Gospel reading simply shows how anyone who has true faith in the Lord can have his or her prayer answered. To the Lord, everyone has the same opportunity to receive God's grace. It is not meant solely for His chosen people but for anyone who has that unwavering faith in him. 

We go through many rejections, but Jesus wants to empower us to "beg" for what we need. In this scene, our Lord is in an area for foreigners. That is why a Canaanite woman was able to approach him. It may seem like Jesus did not want to help this mother by telling her that he came for the Jewish faithful only. But perhaps, he was only trying to see how much she really wanted him to heal her daughter.  

By bravely proclaiming that even if she was not a Jew, she was still willing to get the crumbs or whatever was leftover, she impressed Christ to proudly declare that she had so much faith in his healing touch. 

If we could only have such a faith, what a grace that would be!

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