Daily Retreat 10/09/08
2008 Oct 9 Thu: Ordinary Weekday/ Denis, bp, mt, & co., mts/ John Leonardi, p
Gal 3: 1-5/ Lk 1: 69-70. 71-72. 73-75/ Lk 11: 5-13
From today’s readings: “After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?... Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; He has visited His people.... If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
Who has bewitched you?
The verses of today’s first reading are certainly among the sharpest found in all of scripture. Paul’s exasperation strikes clearly as he frantically probes the Galatians to learn why and how in the world they went astray from his teachings.
As we listen to these biting words, perhaps you and I can have the courage to allow them to apply to ourselves in light of any and all choices we make which betray or compromise our faith, asking ourselves, “Who bewitched us with such temptations? How could we be so stupid? After beginning with the Spirit, are we now ending with the flesh? Did we experience so many things in vain?”
But let this soul probing not end in exasperation! Rather, may it lead where Paul is leading the Galatians with his words: to repentance and renewed commitment to fully embracing our faith!
Gal 3: 1-5/ Lk 1: 69-70. 71-72. 73-75/ Lk 11: 5-13
From today’s readings: “After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?... Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; He has visited His people.... If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
Who has bewitched you?
The verses of today’s first reading are certainly among the sharpest found in all of scripture. Paul’s exasperation strikes clearly as he frantically probes the Galatians to learn why and how in the world they went astray from his teachings.
As we listen to these biting words, perhaps you and I can have the courage to allow them to apply to ourselves in light of any and all choices we make which betray or compromise our faith, asking ourselves, “Who bewitched us with such temptations? How could we be so stupid? After beginning with the Spirit, are we now ending with the flesh? Did we experience so many things in vain?”
But let this soul probing not end in exasperation! Rather, may it lead where Paul is leading the Galatians with his words: to repentance and renewed commitment to fully embracing our faith!
posted by FrPitstick | 10/07/2008
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