Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Thursday, 25th Week in Ordinary Time
22 September 2016
Thursday, 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Green.
Eccl 1:2 – 11 / Lk 9:7 – 9
From the 1st Reading: Eccl 1: 2 – 11
All is meaningless – says the Teacher - - meaningless, meaningless!
What profit is there for a man in all his work for which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, a generation comes and the earth remains forever. The sun rises, the sun sets, hastening towards the place where it rises again. Blowing to the south, turning to the north, the wind goes round and round and after all its rounds it has to blow again
All rivers go to the sea but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers come from, there they return again.
All words become weary and speech comes to an end, but the eye has never seen enough or the ear heard too much.
What has happened before will happen again; what has been done before will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
If they say to you, "See, it is new!" know that it has already been centuries earlier. There is no remembrance of ancient people, and those who come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
Gospel Reading: Lk 9:7 - 9
King Herod heard of all this and did not know what to think, since people said, "This is John, raised from the dead." Others believed that Elijah or one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. As for Herod, he said, "I had John beheaded; who is this man about whom I hear such wonders?" And he was anxious to see him.
Reflection
King Herod had beheaded John the Baptist at the request of the dancing daughter of his brother Philip's wife whom he had married and for which John had reproached him, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife." (Mk 6: 18) John had "preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mk 1: 4) and spoken about "preparing the way of the Lord." (Mk 1: 3)
Herod had also heard about another preacher, teacher and wonder- and miracle-worker named Jesus and he was "anxious" to see him. Why was Herod anxious to see Jesus? Was Herod interested to hear Jesus? When Herod had imprisoned John he "liked listening to him, although he became very disturbed whenever he heard him"; "he knew John to be an upright and holy man." (Mk 6: 20)
Herod did meet Jesus when Pilate sent the accused Jesus to him: "Finding the accused to come under Herod's jurisdiction, Pilate sent Jesus over to Herod who happened to be in Jerusalem at that time. Herod was delighted to have Jesus before him; for a long time he had wanted to see him because of the reports about him, and he was hoping to see Jesus work some miracle. He piled up question upon question, but got no reply from Jesus." (Lk 23: 7 – 9)
How anxious are we to meet Jesus? What would we ask him? What would we want him to do for us?
WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:
BIRTHDAY
Micah M. Del Carmen
Anthony Chua
Maria Rosabel Nazal Kaw
Nicky Tesoro
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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