Daily Retreat 02/09/09
2009 Feb 9 Mon: Ordinary Weekday
Gn 1: 1-19/ Ps 103(104): 1-2a. 5-6. 10 and 12. 24 and 35c/ Mk 6: 53-56
From today’s readings: “In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth..... May the Lord be glad in His works..... Whatever villages or towns or countryside He entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.”
Back to the Beginning
The opening words of Genesis resonate so beautifully as they tell us about something that happened so long ago. In fact, by definition, there’s nothing that happened more long ago than that which happened “in the beginning.”
They happened so far away - in fact, by definition, there’s nothing that’s further away than God’s standing point (whatever we can imagine that to be!) from which He created the universe, the heavens and the earth.
Yet, in spite of the fact that these words tell us about something that happened so very long ago and so very far away, they don’t sound or feel remote at all to us. They actually sound, they feel so familiar - and not just because we’ve heard these words before, but more so because these words speak about who we are, and they speak about what the world around us is. They help us to make sense, and they help to have a picture and understanding of how all the pieces fit together. So even though it happened so long ago, and even though it happened so far away, it’s not remote, it’s not distant, its something that’s familiar, that’s near to us!
So these familiar words are a beautiful example and model for us about what every word of scripture can be if we take the time and put forth the effort to allow all of the words of scripture to become familiar to us, because all the words of scripture come from the same familiar source -from God!
Gn 1: 1-19/ Ps 103(104): 1-2a. 5-6. 10 and 12. 24 and 35c/ Mk 6: 53-56
From today’s readings: “In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth..... May the Lord be glad in His works..... Whatever villages or towns or countryside He entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.”
Back to the Beginning
The opening words of Genesis resonate so beautifully as they tell us about something that happened so long ago. In fact, by definition, there’s nothing that happened more long ago than that which happened “in the beginning.”
They happened so far away - in fact, by definition, there’s nothing that’s further away than God’s standing point (whatever we can imagine that to be!) from which He created the universe, the heavens and the earth.
Yet, in spite of the fact that these words tell us about something that happened so very long ago and so very far away, they don’t sound or feel remote at all to us. They actually sound, they feel so familiar - and not just because we’ve heard these words before, but more so because these words speak about who we are, and they speak about what the world around us is. They help us to make sense, and they help to have a picture and understanding of how all the pieces fit together. So even though it happened so long ago, and even though it happened so far away, it’s not remote, it’s not distant, its something that’s familiar, that’s near to us!
So these familiar words are a beautiful example and model for us about what every word of scripture can be if we take the time and put forth the effort to allow all of the words of scripture to become familiar to us, because all the words of scripture come from the same familiar source -from God!
posted by FrPitstick | 2/07/2009
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