Daily Retreat 01/17/09
2009 Jan 17 Sat: Anthony, ab M
Heb 4: 12-16/ Ps 18(19): 8. 9. 10. 15/ Mk 2: 13-17
From today’s readings: “The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword.... Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.... Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. ”
Sharper than a two-edged sword!
The first verse of the first reading is often invoked as a slogan describing the power of Sacred Scripture: “The Word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.” True as this is about the written word of God, it is even more fundamentally true about the Incarnate Word of God, Jesus, the great high priest, for “No creature is concealed from Him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must render an account.”
What is your attitude to the Word of God? Do you treat Him as just another of the many words which clamor for your attention, occasionally giving ear to Him perhaps, but even more often, closing your ears and heart to Him? OR do you recognize His “living and effective” nature, and thus accord Him His rightful place as the divine Word of life, truth, and love?
Heb 4: 12-16/ Ps 18(19): 8. 9. 10. 15/ Mk 2: 13-17
From today’s readings: “The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword.... Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.... Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. ”
Sharper than a two-edged sword!
The first verse of the first reading is often invoked as a slogan describing the power of Sacred Scripture: “The Word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.” True as this is about the written word of God, it is even more fundamentally true about the Incarnate Word of God, Jesus, the great high priest, for “No creature is concealed from Him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must render an account.”
What is your attitude to the Word of God? Do you treat Him as just another of the many words which clamor for your attention, occasionally giving ear to Him perhaps, but even more often, closing your ears and heart to Him? OR do you recognize His “living and effective” nature, and thus accord Him His rightful place as the divine Word of life, truth, and love?
posted by FrPitstick | 1/15/2009
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