Daily Retreat 10/01/06
2006 Oct 1 SUN: TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Nm 11: 25-29/ Ps 18(19): 8. 10. 12-13. 14 (9a)/ Jas 5: 1-6/ Mk 9: 38-43. 45. 47-48
From today’s readings: “Would that the LORD might bestow His Spirit on them all!... From wanton sin especially, restrain Your servant; let it not rule over me.... Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.... Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.”
Doing Things God’s Way
It’s natural for us to want to do things our own way. It’s even understandable (although not necessarily justifiable!) if we get annoyed when other people don’t do things our way as well. And it is downright unsettling when God doesn’t do things our way! In that case, we should realize that there’s something about US that needs to change, although it’s typical to first hope God will change and see things our way!
In the book of numbers, Joshua gets a bit perturbed to hear that Eldad and Medad were prophesying, and he implores Moses to put a halt to it. In St. Mark’s Gospel, John and the other disciples are similarly annoyed to learn that someone who wasn’t a regular part of the company of disciples had been casting out demons in Christ’s Name. Joshua and John both are then told to allow things to continue in God’s way, rather than insisting on the way they think things ought to be.
We too need to be humble enough always to allow God to take the lead, and whenever we note that His way is not our way, then, as hard as it may be at times to swallow, it’s definitely our way that needs to change!
Nm 11: 25-29/ Ps 18(19): 8. 10. 12-13. 14 (9a)/ Jas 5: 1-6/ Mk 9: 38-43. 45. 47-48
From today’s readings: “Would that the LORD might bestow His Spirit on them all!... From wanton sin especially, restrain Your servant; let it not rule over me.... Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.... Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.”
Doing Things God’s Way
It’s natural for us to want to do things our own way. It’s even understandable (although not necessarily justifiable!) if we get annoyed when other people don’t do things our way as well. And it is downright unsettling when God doesn’t do things our way! In that case, we should realize that there’s something about US that needs to change, although it’s typical to first hope God will change and see things our way!
In the book of numbers, Joshua gets a bit perturbed to hear that Eldad and Medad were prophesying, and he implores Moses to put a halt to it. In St. Mark’s Gospel, John and the other disciples are similarly annoyed to learn that someone who wasn’t a regular part of the company of disciples had been casting out demons in Christ’s Name. Joshua and John both are then told to allow things to continue in God’s way, rather than insisting on the way they think things ought to be.
We too need to be humble enough always to allow God to take the lead, and whenever we note that His way is not our way, then, as hard as it may be at times to swallow, it’s definitely our way that needs to change!
posted by FrPitstick | 9/26/2006
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