Daily Retreat 01/15/09
2009 Jan 15 Thu: Ordinary Weekday
Heb 3: 7-14/ Ps 94(95): 6-7c. 8-9. 10-11/ Mk 1: 40-45
From today’s readings: “Encourage yourselves daily while it is still ‘today,’ so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin.... If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.... go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed.... ”
While it is still today....
The words of Scripture are almost all driven with a keen sense of urgency - nowhere in the Bible, for example, can you find a passage which suggests that our journey of faith is meant merely to be a leisurely amble or meander along the Way of Truth and Virtue. So, for instance, the first reading, echoing the psalm, insists that today is the proper moment for listening to the voice of God and encouraging each other in this regard - revelation has little tolerance for procrastination!
Heb 3: 7-14/ Ps 94(95): 6-7c. 8-9. 10-11/ Mk 1: 40-45
From today’s readings: “Encourage yourselves daily while it is still ‘today,’ so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin.... If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.... go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed.... ”
While it is still today....
The words of Scripture are almost all driven with a keen sense of urgency - nowhere in the Bible, for example, can you find a passage which suggests that our journey of faith is meant merely to be a leisurely amble or meander along the Way of Truth and Virtue. So, for instance, the first reading, echoing the psalm, insists that today is the proper moment for listening to the voice of God and encouraging each other in this regard - revelation has little tolerance for procrastination!
posted by FrPitstick | 1/13/2009
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