Daily Retreat 02/03/09
2009 Feb 3 Tue: Ordinary Weekday/ Blase, bp, mt/ Ansgar, bp, ms
Heb 12: 1-4/ Ps 21(22): 26b-27. 28 and 30. 31-32/ Mk 5: 21-43
From today’s readings: “ For the sake of the joy that lay before Him, Jesus endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken His seat at the right of the throne of God.... They will praise You, Lord, who long for You.... You see how the crowd is pressing upon You, and yet You ask, Who touched Me? ”
Getting Rid of Every Burden and Sin
Surely most of us are habitually guilty of under-using our faith - we joyfully welcome it, and apply it to “safe areas” of our life, as if it were some mild tonic or perfume for which discretion was left to us as to how often, how much, and where to use it.
For someone just beginning to explore the faith, I suppose it’s appropriate to wade into it slowly and gradually, but that’s not the way God intends it to be for one’s whole life: eventually, one should leap beyond an ankle- or knee-deep experience of faith to plunge in completely and be submerged in the fullness of the faith.
But so many Christians are content to tolerate secret sins in their lives and burdens of confusion and anxiety, effectively limiting the application of faith from their complete selves. Yet not only does God’s Word offer more, He insists that we continue striving to reach the point of joining so many saints, that “great cloud of witnesses,” in recognizing Him truly as “My God and my all!”
Heb 12: 1-4/ Ps 21(22): 26b-27. 28 and 30. 31-32/ Mk 5: 21-43
From today’s readings: “ For the sake of the joy that lay before Him, Jesus endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken His seat at the right of the throne of God.... They will praise You, Lord, who long for You.... You see how the crowd is pressing upon You, and yet You ask, Who touched Me? ”
Getting Rid of Every Burden and Sin
Surely most of us are habitually guilty of under-using our faith - we joyfully welcome it, and apply it to “safe areas” of our life, as if it were some mild tonic or perfume for which discretion was left to us as to how often, how much, and where to use it.
For someone just beginning to explore the faith, I suppose it’s appropriate to wade into it slowly and gradually, but that’s not the way God intends it to be for one’s whole life: eventually, one should leap beyond an ankle- or knee-deep experience of faith to plunge in completely and be submerged in the fullness of the faith.
But so many Christians are content to tolerate secret sins in their lives and burdens of confusion and anxiety, effectively limiting the application of faith from their complete selves. Yet not only does God’s Word offer more, He insists that we continue striving to reach the point of joining so many saints, that “great cloud of witnesses,” in recognizing Him truly as “My God and my all!”
posted by FrPitstick | 2/01/2009
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