October 17th, 2010
Jesus tells this parable to encourage all those who have lost heart and are tempted to give up on praying. We can remember his promise: for everyone who knocks the door will be open, everyone who searches will find, everyone who asks will be answered. We remember the promise but we wonder if it was meant for us. We can remember knocking til our knuckles were bare, asking til we were hoarse, we remember searching in vain and we wonder what’s going on here. Today’s gospel encourages us not to give up. If an unfeeling, unjust judge will give way to the unrelenting demands of a widow, a non person, how much more will God listen to the prayers of those he has embraced as his cherished sons and daughters.
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October 10th, 2010
God has given us the earth to be our homeland. Along with this gift, we are asked to show our thankfulness by caring for the earth and by sharing our own gifts with one another.
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October 9th, 2010
The obvious lesson from today’s scripture is the importance of showing gratitude. Naaman wants to shower Elisha with gifts and the Samaritan returns praising God for God’s kindness. He bows to the ground and thanks Jesus from the bottom of his heart. We are a blessed people and as I’ve said so many times we must try to develop an attitude of gratitude for all the blessings with which we have been blessed.
October 4th, 2010
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October 3rd, 2010
I find the last words of today’s gospel to be pretty harsh. Jesus uses the example of a slave coming in from the fields after a long hard day of work. He asks his disciples if any of them would say to this slave ‘rest your weary bones and put your feet up, I your master will fix you your supper’? That’s not the way it works. It’s the slave’s job to prepare his masters supper and then eat his own. He is due nothing for the service he gives his master, it’s his job.
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