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26th Sunday of the year

September 26th, 2010

"The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the power of men"
Luke 9 : 43 - 45

Here for the second time we have Jesus foretelling his Passion and death. Unfortunately his Apostles do not understand. Perhaps the word “delivered” scared them and later on we notice they have short memories. All they can see is Jesus being admired and sought after by practically everyone. According to them all is going well. It is only natural not to dwell on anything bad happening to Jesus. Healings are taking place, people are following him and so on. Nothing is hidden from Jesus. He knows what awaits Him. He knows why He has come into this world. It will take some time for the Disciples to learn the fundamentals of believing in Jesus. Jesus knows how fragile human nature is and is trying to prepare His Disciples for the nasty things that are going to happen Him but it goes over their heads.

Prayer


Prayer : Thank you Jesus for being you. You entered into the Father''s will. You gave your lifeblood for us that we too may have life and have it to the full. I place before you all those who at present are suffering in union with you because they are being faithful to your Word. Reach out and comfort them. Let us never forget that though we may live in a society where we are not persecuted because we are Christians we do live in a society where Christian values perhaps are being subtly eroded. Wake us up and make us more alert in our daily lives. Move us to prayer and action.

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Just a Thought

How the Holy Family prayer: A Reflection by Pope Benedict XVI

“I would like to invite you to reflect on the place of prayer in the life of the Holy Family of Nazareth. The home of Nazareth, in fact, is a school of prayer where we learn to listen, to ponder and to penetrate the profound meaning of the manifestation of the Son of God, drawing our example from Mary, Joseph and Jesus.

Pope Paul VI during his visit to Nazareth said “we come to understand the need for a spiritual discipline, if we wish to follow the teaching of the Gospel and become disciples of Christ.” And he added: “First, it teaches us silence. Oh! That there would be reborn in us the esteem for silence, that wonderful and indispensable atmosphere of the spirit: while we are deafened by so many noises, sounds and clamorous voices in the frantic and tumultuous times of modern life. Oh! Silence of Nazareth, teach us to be resolute in good thoughts, intent upon the interior life, ready to listen well to the secret inspirations of God and the exhortations of the true masters.”

We can glean several insights on the Holy Family’s prayer and relationship with God from the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ childhood. We may begin with the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. St. Luke tells us that Mary and Joseph, “when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, brought the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord”(2:22). Like every observant Jewish family, Jesus’ parents go up to the temple to consecrate the firstborn son to God and to offer sacrifice. Moved by fidelity to the law’s prescriptions, they set off from Bethlehem and go up to Jerusalem with Jesus, who is now forty days old. Instead of a one-year-old lamb, they present the offering of simple families; that is two young pigeons. The Holy Family’s pilgrimage is one of faith, of the offering of gifts, a symbol of prayer, and of encounter with the Lord, whom Mary and Joseph already see in the son Jesus.”

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