Daily Retreat 09/22/06
2006 Sep 22 Fri: Ordinary Weekday
1 Cor 15: 12-20/ Ps 16(17): 1bcd. 6-7. 8b and 15/ Lk 8: 1-3
From today’s readings: “If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?... Lord, when Your glory appears, my joy will be full.... Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God....”
Gospel Summaries
While the Gospels give us many details about the life of Jesus, particularly His years of public ministry, it must be remembered that history has not recorded the particulars of the majority of what Jesus said and did. In fact, one can read travel logs longer than Luke’s entire Gospel that share memories of only one week of an unforgettable vacation!
What does this mean - that we don’t know much about Jesus? Some have concluded just that (and it’s certainly true of some people!), but the Gospels weren’t written to give the exhaustive details of the life of Jesus - they were written, rather, as part of the Church’s evangelization effort to introduce us to Jesus Himself, the risen and living Lord!
All of the Gospels include occasional verses summarizing the activities of Jesus as He “journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God....” Instead of passing over such verses with disinterest, perhaps it would be better for us to read them as reminders of some of the things that Jesus has done in our own lives, for we too are part of His Gospel - the good news that Jesus brings of the Kingdom of God!
1 Cor 15: 12-20/ Ps 16(17): 1bcd. 6-7. 8b and 15/ Lk 8: 1-3
From today’s readings: “If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?... Lord, when Your glory appears, my joy will be full.... Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God....”
Gospel Summaries
While the Gospels give us many details about the life of Jesus, particularly His years of public ministry, it must be remembered that history has not recorded the particulars of the majority of what Jesus said and did. In fact, one can read travel logs longer than Luke’s entire Gospel that share memories of only one week of an unforgettable vacation!
What does this mean - that we don’t know much about Jesus? Some have concluded just that (and it’s certainly true of some people!), but the Gospels weren’t written to give the exhaustive details of the life of Jesus - they were written, rather, as part of the Church’s evangelization effort to introduce us to Jesus Himself, the risen and living Lord!
All of the Gospels include occasional verses summarizing the activities of Jesus as He “journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God....” Instead of passing over such verses with disinterest, perhaps it would be better for us to read them as reminders of some of the things that Jesus has done in our own lives, for we too are part of His Gospel - the good news that Jesus brings of the Kingdom of God!
posted by FrPitstick | 9/19/2006
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