Daily Retreat 01/30/09
2009 Jan 30 Fri: Ordinary Weekday
Heb 10: 32-39/ Ps 36(37): 3-4. 5-6. 23-24. 39-40/ Mk 4: 26-34
From today’s readings: “We are not among those who draw back and perish, but among those who have faith and will possess life.... The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.... With many such parables, He spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. ”
Don’t Throw Away Your Faith!
Faith, because it is something precious, entails a price. In order to hold fast to our faith and live up to it, we need to part with worldly values, and even worldly valuables, if that be necessary. All of us have already paid something for our faith - while many of us would sense that much still remains to be paid in the future, some have already paid quite dearly, thereby qualifying for the commendation in today’s first reading.
Since at least some modest “down payment” has already been made, how tragic then to throw away one’s faith and confidence in God - this always involves a horrendous loss! And yet, people do throw away their faith because they’ve undervalued it as costly and unrewarding. Faith is costly - yes! But faith is also rewarding - and the whole Bible insists that the reward ultimately over-compensates for the cost, no matter how great it may be!
Heb 10: 32-39/ Ps 36(37): 3-4. 5-6. 23-24. 39-40/ Mk 4: 26-34
From today’s readings: “We are not among those who draw back and perish, but among those who have faith and will possess life.... The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.... With many such parables, He spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. ”
Don’t Throw Away Your Faith!
Faith, because it is something precious, entails a price. In order to hold fast to our faith and live up to it, we need to part with worldly values, and even worldly valuables, if that be necessary. All of us have already paid something for our faith - while many of us would sense that much still remains to be paid in the future, some have already paid quite dearly, thereby qualifying for the commendation in today’s first reading.
Since at least some modest “down payment” has already been made, how tragic then to throw away one’s faith and confidence in God - this always involves a horrendous loss! And yet, people do throw away their faith because they’ve undervalued it as costly and unrewarding. Faith is costly - yes! But faith is also rewarding - and the whole Bible insists that the reward ultimately over-compensates for the cost, no matter how great it may be!
posted by FrPitstick | 1/26/2009
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