Daily Retreat 11/07/08
2008 Nov 7 Fri: Ordinary Weekday
Phil 3: 17 – 4: 1/ Ps 121(122): 1-2. 3-4ab. 4cd-5/ Lk 16: 1-8
From today’s readings: “Our citizenship is in Heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.... Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.... For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than the children of light.”
Our Citizenship is in Heaven
Even those who are very patriotic could name more than a few things wrong with their native land. And one of the top things on that list for almost every country would be a disregard for God's law. So, as Paul maintains, our loyalty to any nation on earth should never trump our loyalty to our heavenly homeland.
As we read scripture, striving to imitate St. Paul, the Word of God can help us elevate our minds from constant pre-occupation with earthly things. Not that we are to absolutely ignore earthly things - just that we must put them in perspective, lest they become like a god to us. If anything besides God is really first in our lives, then, in a sense, whatever it is has become our god!
Phil 3: 17 – 4: 1/ Ps 121(122): 1-2. 3-4ab. 4cd-5/ Lk 16: 1-8
From today’s readings: “Our citizenship is in Heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.... Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.... For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than the children of light.”
Our Citizenship is in Heaven
Even those who are very patriotic could name more than a few things wrong with their native land. And one of the top things on that list for almost every country would be a disregard for God's law. So, as Paul maintains, our loyalty to any nation on earth should never trump our loyalty to our heavenly homeland.
As we read scripture, striving to imitate St. Paul, the Word of God can help us elevate our minds from constant pre-occupation with earthly things. Not that we are to absolutely ignore earthly things - just that we must put them in perspective, lest they become like a god to us. If anything besides God is really first in our lives, then, in a sense, whatever it is has become our god!
posted by FrPitstick | 11/05/2008
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