Daily Retreat 09/11/09
2009 Sep 11 Fri:Ordinary Weekday
1 Tm 1:1-2. 12-14/ Ps 15(16):1b-2a and 5. 7-8. 11/ Lk 6:39-42
From today’s readings:“I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord.... You are my inheritance, O Lord.... Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? ”
Time for Timothy
Timothy (his name means “he who gives honor to God”) was a beloved and faithful co-worker of Paul. For the next week (except Sunday and Monday), the first reading will come from Paul’s first letter to Timothy, so I encourage you to spend a few minutes to read through the six short chapters today.
Paul’s gratitude to God is mentioned in all his letters – his remark here is appropriate for each of us to adopt in appreciation for our own vocations: “I am grateful to Him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry.” Paul never fails to mention that his vocation is a grace from God, and not due to Paul’s own merits.
So it is with each one of us! Whatever state of life God calls us to reflects God’s trust in us, and His assurance to strengthen us to faithfully fulfill that vocation. While there is never a reason to dwell continuously on sins and failings of the past, it doesn’t hurt occasionally to bring up the past (as Paul does here) in order to recall fully how “the grace of our Lord has been abundant” in our lives as well!
1 Tm 1:1-2. 12-14/ Ps 15(16):1b-2a and 5. 7-8. 11/ Lk 6:39-42
From today’s readings:“I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord.... You are my inheritance, O Lord.... Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? ”
Time for Timothy
Timothy (his name means “he who gives honor to God”) was a beloved and faithful co-worker of Paul. For the next week (except Sunday and Monday), the first reading will come from Paul’s first letter to Timothy, so I encourage you to spend a few minutes to read through the six short chapters today.
Paul’s gratitude to God is mentioned in all his letters – his remark here is appropriate for each of us to adopt in appreciation for our own vocations: “I am grateful to Him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry.” Paul never fails to mention that his vocation is a grace from God, and not due to Paul’s own merits.
So it is with each one of us! Whatever state of life God calls us to reflects God’s trust in us, and His assurance to strengthen us to faithfully fulfill that vocation. While there is never a reason to dwell continuously on sins and failings of the past, it doesn’t hurt occasionally to bring up the past (as Paul does here) in order to recall fully how “the grace of our Lord has been abundant” in our lives as well!
posted by FrPitstick | 9/08/2009
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