Daily Retreat 10/14/06
2006 Oct 14 Sat: Ordinary Weekday
Gal 3:22-29/Ps 104(105):2-3, 4-5, 6-7/Lk 11:27-28
From todays readings: For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.... Rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!... Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.
The Last Word
Weve all had the experience of being interrupted in mid-sentence - at times, the person to whom were speaking has correctly guessed what we were about to say, and so, having completed the ellipsis in his own mind, perhaps nothing important was lost, apart from the breach in courtesy.
But sometimes, the unfinished thought is much more than what the listener surmised, so as long as it remains unspoken and unheard, key insights are missing.
I fear that we all have the tendency to interrupt Gods words for us. Whether were reading the Bible, attentively listening to the proclamation of Sacred Scripture, or engaged in prayerful meditation, its far too easy to only hear part of Gods word because we imagine we already know the rest of it. But its always to our advantage to listen completely to all that God has to say, and it only makes since that He should get in the last word!
Fr. Rory Pitstick
Our Lady of the Valley Parish
2511 N. Elmway
Okanogan WA 98840 USA
(509) 422-5049
"Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui." John 3:30
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posted by FrPitstick | 10/12/2006
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