Daily Retreat 09/26/08
2008 Sep 26 Fri: Ordinary Weekday/ Cosmas and Damian, mts
Eccl 3: 1-11/ Ps 143(144): 1b and 2abc. 3-4/ Lk 9: 18-22
From today’s readings: “There is an appointed time for everything.... Blessed be the Lord, my Rock.... The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.... ”
There is a time...
Although I’m sure we all complain “I never have enough time,” we nonetheless find it hard to argue with the common-sense insight about time found in the Book of Ecclesiastes: “There is an appointed time for everything....”
But so often, you and I find ourselves frustrated because events don’t match our idealized timetable. While it’s commendable to plan the use of our time as prudently and realistically as possible, it’s obviously a mistake to think that “my time” is something that is always completely subject to my will! That’s not to suggest that we should just sit back and passively be a perpetual victim of circumstances beyond our control - indeed, it’s only by pro-actively addressing such circumstances that even the greatest adversities can be transformed into invaluable experience.
So in the end, the time we spend reading Ecclesiastes and meditating on the Word of God can be one of the best ways of making the most of all our time....
Eccl 3: 1-11/ Ps 143(144): 1b and 2abc. 3-4/ Lk 9: 18-22
From today’s readings: “There is an appointed time for everything.... Blessed be the Lord, my Rock.... The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.... ”
There is a time...
Although I’m sure we all complain “I never have enough time,” we nonetheless find it hard to argue with the common-sense insight about time found in the Book of Ecclesiastes: “There is an appointed time for everything....”
But so often, you and I find ourselves frustrated because events don’t match our idealized timetable. While it’s commendable to plan the use of our time as prudently and realistically as possible, it’s obviously a mistake to think that “my time” is something that is always completely subject to my will! That’s not to suggest that we should just sit back and passively be a perpetual victim of circumstances beyond our control - indeed, it’s only by pro-actively addressing such circumstances that even the greatest adversities can be transformed into invaluable experience.
So in the end, the time we spend reading Ecclesiastes and meditating on the Word of God can be one of the best ways of making the most of all our time....
posted by FrPitstick | 9/23/2008
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