When he was at table with them, he took the bread. He blessed the bread, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him!(Luke 24:13-35)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

"Fear [‘respect’] of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom." (Psalm 111:10)


Prayer for the Day

God of all kindness, today we come before You as Your children, unfaithful, hurting and in need.  We trust in Your love and forgiveness, we Your people in whom You delight!  Teach us to listen to You, to see You, and to be faithful to our covenant with You and with one another.  Show us that it is more important to love than to be right, and to be grateful than to understand.  We bless You and praise You forever!  Amen.

Reflection

God's truth is based upon His love. He invites us to participate in this love that is His very essence by developing a relationship with Him that leads us to our perceiving His perfect love and as a result recognizing the sanctity, the divine origin, of all human life.

Moral relativism, on the other hand, is an invention of those having no knowledge of God and who claim that truth must change with the times and circumstances. This belief places man above God and frees us to selfishly manipulate and trample on one another for our benefit or convenience.  Look around. Let those who have eyes see.  This is the situation our world is in right now.   “Consider your ways!” (Haggai 1:1-8)

This situation relates to Mary's sorrow at seeing her Son, the Incarnation of God's love and truth being reviled, abused and finally crucified by those ignorant of the God they purportedly worshiped. Simeon's prediction was fulfilled; Mary's heart was repeatedly pierced in a figurative way, while the piercing of Christ's heart was literal. In this, Christ's final sacrifice, the blood and water issuing from His wound baptizes and cleanses from sin all those who lovingly live in His word. "The rise and fall of many" predicted by Simeon (Luke 2:22-35) applies to us and depends upon our acceptance or rejection of living in God's Holy Word.


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