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October 17, 2010
October 18th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 6 Period II.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for October 18th are Luminous.
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Today's Readings
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Exodus 17: 8-13
The Amalekites then came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, ‘Pick some men and tomorrow morning go out and engage Amalek. I, for my part, shall take my stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.’ Joshua did as Moses had told him and went out to engage Amalek, while Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. As long as Moses kept his arms raised, Israel had the advantage; when he let his arms fall, the advantage went to Amalek. But Moses’ arms grew heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him and on this he sat, with Aaron and Hur supporting his arms on each side. Thus his arms remained unwavering till sunset, and Joshua defeated Amalek, putting their people to the sword.
Psalm 121: 1-8
I lift up my eyes to the mountains;
where is my help to come from?
My help comes from Yahweh
who made heaven and earth.May he save your foot from stumbling;
may he, your guardian, not fall asleep!
You see — he neither sleeps nor slumbers,
the guardian of Israel.Yahweh is your guardian, your shade,
Yahweh, at your right hand.
By day the sun will not strike you,
nor the moon by night.Yahweh guards you from all harm
Yahweh guards your life,
Yahweh guards your comings and goings,
henceforth and for ever.
2 Timothy 3: 14- 4:2
You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were, and how, ever since you were a child, you have known the holy scriptures—from these you can learn the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and useful for refuting error, for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be upright. This is how someone who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work.
Before God and before Christ Jesus who is to be judge of the living and the dead, I charge you, in the name of his appearing and of his kingdom: proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it. Refute falsehood, correct error, give encouragement—but do all with patience and with care to instruct.
Luke 18: 1-8
Then he told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said, ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone. In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, "I want justice from you against my enemy!" For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, "Even though I have neither fear of God nor respect for any human person, I must give this widow her just rights since she keeps pestering me, or she will come and slap me in the face." ’
And the Lord said, ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now, will not God see justice done to his elect if they keep calling to him day and night even though he still delays to help them? I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 21, 2007
INTRODUCTION
- As Moses led God's people
from Egypt, through the desert, to the Promised Land, they
encountered numerous threats to their safety such as the army of
Pharaoh, the Reed Sea they had to cross, the lack of water and food
in the desert. One of the difficulties they had to face was
opposition from those peoples whose lands they had to pass through.
Today’s reading speaks of an attack by Amalek, a desert tribe living
south of the Dead Sea. Moses positioned himself on a nearby hill,
holding his arms high in prayer with the staff of God in his hands.
This is the same staff by which Moses worked such wonders in Egypt.
His powerful prayer directly affected the outcome of the battle and
his persistence in prayer resulted in victory. It is a good model of
how Jesus tells us we should pray in today’s gospel.
HOMILY
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When I was growing up, children were forbidden for us to keep
pestering our parents for something. When my mother or father said
“no,” especially my father, that was the end of any discussion.
Jesus tells us with God the opposite is true. God doesn’t mind being
pestered; on the contrary, he prefers it. In the male dominated
society of Jesus’ day, widows had no significant social standing. It
would not have been unusual for widows to be taken advantage of and
for them to have little recourse. This widow’s only recourse to
justice was to pester the judge until he got tired of hearing from
her. And so she did. Would she have struck him, literally given him
a black eye? Would she have hurt him by destroying his reputation?
Or would she have just driven him crazy? There are various ways of
interpreting the Greek verb here. The main point is clear. She was
relentless in seeking a just settlement for herself. That’s how we
should pray.
Why does our Lord tell us to pray in that way? He, who knows how
many hairs are on the top of our head, knows what we need. He hears
every word we say, every thought we have, and he knows everything we
need. He doesn’t need reminders. He is infinite. He’s not like the
unjust judge who had little or no regard for the widow. He loves
each of us more than we can begin to imagine. Meditate on the cross
for proof of that. And he’s not too busy. My dad would seldom pray
for himself. He always said God has too many important things to
worry about. He can’t be worried about me. It sounds like an
expression of humility, but in reality it is saying God is not
infinite. That God is limited like we are and he can’t handle
everything he has to do. All these ideas add to the mystery of why
he tells us to keep asking.
One can only speculate why God wants us to pester him. Maybe it’s
his way of getting to hear from some of us sometimes. Maybe it’s his
way of not letting us forget he is our Father and we depend totally
on him. Maybe it’s his way of trying to get us to enter into more of
a relationship with him. Maybe it’s his way of helping us know that
what we ask for is truly what we want. Maybe it’s his way of
teaching us how to listen or how to solve our own problems. Maybe
what we are praying for is too big of a request to happen quickly
such as if we pray for the end of abortion or war. Too many hearts
have to be changed before it happens and lots more prayers are
needed before it can take place. Maybe prayer itself is a kind of
spiritual power or energy that can affect what we are asking for.
Just as a tiny seed has in it the energy of life and by planting
seed life is released, so maybe when we pray, love or energy moves
out of us and focuses itself like a laser on the person or event we
are praying for. I suppose we could speculate all day, but one thing
is clear, Jesus said don’t quit praying.
Prayer is an act of faith in God and in God’s love. Part of the
reason people give up praying too soon is because they don’t believe
strongly enough. That’s why I think Jesus said at the end of the
gospel: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Part of the reason people give up is because we are too spoiled. If
our refrigerator is broken, we get a new one. If we want to watch a
certain program on TV, we just press a button. If we’re hungry, we
just pop an already prepared dinner in the microwave. If we want to
hear good music, we turn on WGUC or turn on a CD. We blame God for
not answering our prayers fast enough, but perhaps the problem is
ours. We lack patience; we expect God to jump when we say jump.
I’ve thought of my own prayers. I ask for everything from being able
to find a parking place when I’m in a hurry to good health to world
peace. I pray for the safety of my friends and I pray for blessings
on my parish and for the sick. I ask for help in the work I do. But
I don’t spend a lot of time asking for specific things. When I pray,
it’s a whole variety of things that go through my mind. I question
God and wonder why God does what God does. I wonder what God is
like. I reflect on Scripture. I thank God often and sometimes I just
sit quietly with God. As long as we don’t quit praying, our prayer
and our relationship with God will deepen. I know it will, and now
we continue on praying the greatest prayer of all, the Mass. Amen.
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