tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39221446669474453012024-03-05T18:41:38.742-08:00School Bus on the Road to EmmausAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-65320855942915337102014-06-08T12:48:00.001-07:002014-06-08T12:48:12.158-07:00Endings and Beginnings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where does the time go? It seems that we had just begun the Easter season and here we are at the end- the glorious feast of Pentecost!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The time has surely slipped by. If you have been a follower of this blog, you'll have noticed the gap- my last post was May 5th! I have to admit that the beautiful change in the season, and all the work on the acreage has kept me away from writing, but certainly not from reflecting. The groaning of creation as we have finally ended winter's cold heralds rebirth and recreation.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And so it was with the Apostles. Huddled in the upper room and shivering from the cold of despair and hopelessness, their Lord comes to them! He "stood among them" offering his peace- the peace the world cannot give. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We celebrate we prayer, praise and song, calling for an end to our own despair and hopelessness, as we call on the Holy Spirit to "renew the face of the earth."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is a new beginning for us. "As the Father has sent me, so I send you."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As parents, teachers, and communities of faith, we are summoned by Christ to end our isolation and selfishness, and enter into a new life of community and self-giving. Above all, we are to share our faith with all, especially our children.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let us begin today, modeling for others the joy and peace that comes from a life in the Trinity. Let us work for justice and peace in our homes and in our world. For as the Holy Spirit set upon the apostles, so we through our baptism have inherited a new life.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let us begin, with the power of the Spirit, to "renew the face of the earth".</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>Ending this blog, and beginning a new one in the fall.</b></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to all who have read and commented on my blog for the past couple of years. I hope it has helped to deepen your life in Christ as we reflected together on the Sunday Gospels, and how it impacts our daily lives. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>Come September</b></u> I will be starting a new blog with a new theme. I'm calling it "Growing Forward" which was the theme Alberta Catholic School Trustees' Catholic Education Symposium this year. I have written a document on the symposium for them, but I would like to use the blog to expand on some of the key issues in Catholic education, and on Catholic educational leadership in particular. The address will be mikemarien@blogspot.com. Hope you can join in the conversation, and share the blogspot with others who would be interested in imagining the future of Catholic education in Alberta.</span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-4213450800786110392014-05-05T07:43:00.003-07:002014-05-05T07:43:37.932-07:00Burning Hearts<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Were not our hearts burning within us, while he was talking with us on the road, while he was opening the Scriptures to us?" Luke 24.32</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been a couple of weeks since I last posted- so much going on for this "retired" guy! I first want to wish you all a blessed Easter, and no I'm not late!! We are still in Easter feasting as disciples, as the Church continues to celebrate all the way to June 8th, the feast of Pentecost! If you notice, we are in the third week OF Easter, not the third Sunday AFTER it! So teachers and parents, remind your children that we are still in Easter- pray with Alleluias, give them chocolate (which should be one of the precepts of the Church!) read the Easter Gospel stories together, and most importantly, share your story of faith!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of all the Easter stories in the Gospels, the one this past Sunday is my all-time favorite- indeed, it is my favorite Gospel story, period! The title of my blog refers to disciples on a school bus- students, teachers, parents, administrators, trustees- all moving toward an encounter with Jesus in our Catholic schools. The story of the two disciples is <i><b>our </b></i>story of our journey of faith. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click on the link above and read the account prayerfully. <u>Then consider this story as your own.</u> Here are some reflections to guide you:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Luke 24. 13,14.</b></u>The story begins with sadness, desperation and hopelessness. So these two disciples (not just one, as the journey is always communal) are trying to get away from the pain, and escape to Emmaus, a place known at the time for distraction and amusement, kind of like West Edmonton mall. Through their pain, they try to make sense of their lives, but are finding it difficult. <i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> </b>Then they encounter a stranger on the road who inquires about their journey. It is Jesus, though they do not recognize him. Is it because he is a new, glorified creation? Perhaps. I think it is more likely that they are so consumed with grief, and their own loneliness, that they can't see the presence of Christ in their midst. But the stranger asks the right questions. He gets them to tell their story from their perspective. <i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Who have been the mentors of faith in your life? Who do you go to when you need spiritual advice? With whom do you share your story?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a rather uncomfortable part of the story. Jesus tells them that they have been "foolish" and "slow of heart" for not connecting their story with the story of salvation found in the Scriptures. At first glance, we would consider admonition as not the best teaching method! However, the disciples at this point need the wake-up call that Scripture provides, if they would move from their self-pity and look at the big picture of REDEMPTION. It is why we read the Old Testament every week (except during Easter)- we are not listening old stories with no connection to us- we encounter the living God in them. <i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How often do you read and pray the Scriptures? Do you just read the Gospels? How might you become more familiar with the accounts of the Old Testament?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through this journey of faith, the disciples now yearn for an authentic encounter and relationship with Christ, and so they urge the stranger to stay. What is beautiful here is that they are concerned about his safety, "because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over<b>". </b>They have move beyond themselves. <i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The climax of the story- they finally recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread- the Eucharistic moment, when Jesus is blessed, broken and shared. He disappears from their sight, but they are no longer in despair. <i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This is a part of the story that rarely gets talked about in homilies, but is so incredibly important. <i><b>"That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem". </b></i>WHAT????? But isn't it getting dark??? They could be attacked by thieves! Surely it would make sense to go tomorrow! And going back to Jerusalem? As disciples, that is risking their very lives!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you risk as being a true disciple of Jesus Christ? What holds you back? What gives you the courage to press on to your "Jerusalem".</i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-8526635807518921302014-04-16T07:54:00.001-07:002014-04-16T07:54:14.826-07:00Three Days<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On <b>Holy Thursday</b><i>, </i>we come together to celebrate the institution of <b><i>Holy Orders </i></b>(the sacrament of ordination into the priesthood) and the <i><b>Eucharist</b></i> "the source and summit" of our life in Jesus Christ. The theme of service and discipleship is uppermost in our minds, as the priest washes the feet of his parishioners (remember last year when Pope Francis washed the feet of prisoners- what a model for us all!). We end the evening with <b>Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament</b><i> </i>symbolizing our waiting with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On <b>Good Friday</b> we come together in Word and symbol, to commemorate the Passion and Death of Jesus. Notice that there is no greeting or blessing at the beginning- just as there was no final blessing at the end of Holy Thursday. The Triduum is all one liturgical celebration. On Friday we hear the Passion, <b>venerate the Cross</b>, and receive Communion that was reserved from Holy Thursday- again, it is all one liturgy, so we don't have "Mass" again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Holy Saturday</b> is a day of quite reflection and expectation. Jesus has descended to the dead, experiencing fully the reality of death and alienation from the Father. But for us, we wait as the women waited at the tomb. We wait for new life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then at the <b>Holy Saturday Vigil</b>, we are brought together to experience our very salvation.<b>The Blessing of the fire, </b>the entry into the darkened Church with <b>Paschal Candle, </b>and the candles we hold while the <b>Exultet</b> is sung, all symbolize the Light that has shone in the darkness! Through the Word, we hear the high points of our salvation history.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like the two weeks of Gospels we encountered previously, the Church prepares us for our holiest of days with the most powerful reminders of who God is. God who is love, knows no boundaries as he reaches for us, as witnessed in the story of the woman at the well. God, who is love, brings us "out of darkness into his own wonderful light", as we encountered last week in the healing of the man born blind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take a look at the icon I selected for this blog. For those of you unfamiliar with Byzantine iconography, just a quick note. Icons are "doors to the sacred", inspiring prayer and meditation. They are not meant to portray the "earthly" world, so you will not see any vivid "realism" in the portrayal of the figures or the scene itself. You will find many icons portraying the same scene, ones which figure prominently in the liturgical life of the Eastern Church. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, in this case, "Lazarus Sunday" is celebrated in the Eastern Church, and many Byzantine churches will have and icon such as the one above. As you read the Gospel, allow your eyes to settle on the icon at various points in your reading, meditating on the scene.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John 11. 1-45 is in itself an icon, in terms of the depth and breath of its meaning for us as disciples. Let's reflect on just two.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The crowd around Jesus sees him weeping and thinks two things: either Jesus weeps for the loss of his friend Lazarus, or he is weeping because he could of healed him if he arrived sooner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The crowd misses the point. Do we miss it as well?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Read verse 33. <i>When he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, <b>he was greatly disturbed.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Emmanuel, the "God with us" is also the "God for us". He weeps, not for the single friend, or for himself, but <i>for the community</i><b>. THIS IS THE GOD WHO SUFFERS WITH US!! </b>As a Christian, this is at the heart of our faith and hope- God loves us so much that he will suffer with us, he will weep for us!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And that would be enough...</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And then we enter Holy Week when we see that God's love knows no bounds.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As powerful as the Line "Lazarus, come out!" is, I think John 11.44 is even more so. Consider what Jesus says to his apostles elsewhere in the Gospels:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Whatever you bind on earth shall bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven" (Matt 16.18-20)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jesus' command to unbind Lazarus seems obvious- I mean, of course they would take off his bandages now that he is alive!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Lazarus has been freed from sin.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Through our life in Christ we have been freed from sin. We are no longer "bound" by it!</i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> And notice it is through the <i><u>community, the Church,</u></i> that Jesus commands the unbinding!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">When you were young, did you ever play games that required a blindfold? The most common was Pin the Tail on the Donkey. In these days of hyper-safety do we use Velcro instead of pins? Anyway, there was fun in the dark, knowing of course that blindfold would soon come off. But anytime we put blindfolds on there is confusion, distortion, anxiety... darkness. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunday's Gospel account of the man born blind, like any of the "signs" in John's Gospel is meant to be a "sign" for <i><b>us.</b></i> It is a story of the early Christian church, and it is our story of the journey of faith and conversion, especially in this Lenten season. </span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <u><b>journey of faith is a <i>process</i> </b></u>and not instantaneous. The man born blind is asked by his neighbors, "How were your eyes opened?" he responds, "<i><b>The man called Jesus</b>..." </i>When he is asked again by the Pharisees, he then says Jesus "<i><b>is a prophet</b></i>". Once he is kicked out of the synagogue and encounters Jesus again. Jesus asks him "Do you believe in the <i><b>Son of Man"</b></i>. The blind man asks "who is he"? When Jesus says " the one with whom you are speaking," the man finally responds, "<i><b>Lord,</b></i> I believe." </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">As we have heard, this journey is not without suffering- rejection by neighbors, by parents, by powerful authorities, by the community- at least when he was blind, he wasn't rejected! But in the end, the man has become a new person, with a <i><b>vision</b></i> of the Kingdom of God, and life in the Trinity through the Son, Jesus Christ.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other characters in the story- the neighbors, the parents and the Pharisees, serve as a warning to us as disciples about "blindfolds"</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The parents of the man born blind react in <i><b>fear</b></i> of themselves being rejected, and distance themselves from their son, and the Son of God. How much does fear play a role in our unwillingness to be witnesses to the Good News of Jesus? Are we afraid of letting people know who we really are? <i><b>Time to remove the blindfold of fear and see with a vision of courageous witness.</b></i></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">She drops everything and runs home to proclaim the news, news that she herself does not fully understand. ("He can't be the Messiah, can he?") </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like the Samaritan woman, we put up our barriers, mostly ones that are propped up by selfishness and ego, that keeps us from freely submitting to God's mercy.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe we feel we don't deserve the living water that is life in Christ. Maybe we feel we are too far gone.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">But God, in his infinite love, knows the ebb and flow of our hearts. And he is there for us, waiting for us to return again to him.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that is why, as Catholics, we celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, especially at this time during Lent. In the Archdiocese of Edmonton, we had a day of Confession last Tuesday. And there will be celebrations of Reconciliation is all the parishes in the coming weeks as well. Take time to celebrate this sacrament.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Consider the ebb and flow of your spiritual life during Lent. And prepare to drink of the living water, a new life in Christ, this Easter!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b>"This is my Son, the Beloved, with him I am well pleased; listen to him!"</b></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent:</b> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 17.1-9</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of my most memorable holidays have been in our beautiful mountain parks. As a casual hiker, there is nothing more spectacular than gaining a little altitude and admiring a scenic vista atop a mountain. The air is crisp, and you breathe deeply, taking in the scent of cedar and pine. High up, there is the sound of the wind through the valleys; or perhaps a wondrous silence. You look to the horizon, and like Peter in today's Gospel you can help but say,</span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> "It is good to be here"</i></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes we can experience the "mountain view" in our spiritual lives as well. I'm thinking now of friends and former colleagues who are just returning from the Religious Education Conference in Anaheim, California. I have attended that conference five times, and every time I would come away feeling alive in faith and spiritual wholeness. And the people- over 35,000 Catholics praying, attending workshops, and sharing their faith! It's the "mountain view", the same one we can experience attending a World Youth Day, or a parish retreat, a 50th wedding anniversary or an Easter Vigil. Your soul says</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have to get off the mountain sometime. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">We come back to "reality".</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is something of what happens to Peter, James and John, when they get a "mountain view" to end all mountain views- Jesus- "<i>his face shone like the sun and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him" </i> Their appearance reminds us of the pillars of the Old Covenant - the Law and the Prophets-basking in the glory of the New Covenant, Jesus. Peter clearly doesn't get what is being revealed, all he knows is what he <i>feels</i>- that this is what heaven must be like...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">He decides that they will stay on the mountain, who knows for how long???</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said ' This is my Son, the Beloved, with him I am well pleased; listen to him!'"</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>NOW</u>, Peter, James and John are "overcome with fear". But seeing Moses, Elijah, and a transfigured Jesus didn't frighten them???? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was it the sound of God's voice? Certainly. Moses himself had the same reaction when he encountered the Lord on Mount Sinai.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>But I think there was more to it than that.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Father has told the disciples to <i>listen</i> to Jesus. What does that mean???</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It means<i> "take up your cross and follow me." </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It means<i> "give up your possessions and follow me." </i>It means<i> "lose your life to save it." </i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It means<i> " Eat this bread, drink this cup, and do this remembrance of me."</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">For us as disciples, when we truly <i><b>listen</b></i> to Jesus, we may be overcome with fear!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> But Jesus tells them on the mountain, as he would tell them after the Resurrection,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Be not afraid</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every "mountain view" in our spiritual journey will ultimately lead us to hear the call to <i>conversion</i><u>,</u> which is at the heart of our Lenten journey to Easter.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">And conversion is not easy. In fact, it's scary.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> With open hearts, we can hear another call, another voice.</span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-33240191827035240292014-03-09T19:22:00.000-07:002014-03-09T19:22:04.695-07:00Lead us not into temptation....<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Christians, our core prayer for over two thousand years has been the "Our Father", the prayer Jesus himself taught us. Yet have you ever thought deeply about the petition, "lead us not into temptation"? Does it seem strange that we should be asking God to keep temptation away? Wouldn't God do this out of his love for us? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>Catechism of the Catholic Church</i> explains that the Greek verb is a little tricky to translate- the Greek means both "do not allow us to enter into temptation", and "do not let us yield to temptation". The <i>Catechism</i> goes on to say that "we ask him not to allow us to take the way that leads to sin. We are engaged in a battle 'between flesh and spirit'; this petition implores the Spirit of discernment and strength".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The battle is very real; and we can look to Christ Jesus as the model for resisting temptation. And by looking at today's readings, we can deepen our resolve to avoid sin and turn to God.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The three temptations here in Matthew are the universal temptations to three abuses of power:</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>1) <u>the misuse of social or cultural power</u> (turning stones into bread in a way that would be spectacular and draw attention to himself);</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>2) <u>the misuse of religious power</u> (to stand on the parapet of the temple and to quote scripture for his own purposes);</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>3) <u>the misuse of political or dominative power </u>(looking down at all the kingdoms of this world from a high mountain position)</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Throughout the temptations, Jesus reveals himself as the "new Adam", obedient to the Father's will. He comes out of the wilderness, abiding in this Love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <i><b>For us</b></i>... The temptations of Jesus are our temptations as well. To abuse whatever power we have: as spouses, parents, teachers, managers, workers, religious... whatever our vocation, we can misuse our power, or throw our power away (another misuse!). If we allow our egos and desires to get in the way, we fall into the great temptation of being our own god. During this Lent, take time to reflect on how you may be tempted to misuse the power and gifts given to you. And pray fervently to the Father that He will</span></span><br />
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<u><b>Gospel Reading for Ash Wednesday: <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Matt&ch=6&bv1=1&ev1=6&bv2=16&ev2=18" target="_blank">Matthew 6.1-6; 16-18</a></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Bishop Henry said something like this:</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">"Look at it this way. It's just like spring training. Every year, the ball teams go down to the Southern USA with a few extra pounds, some rusty skills and some bad habits. Spring training gets them ready to be the best they can be for the season ahead.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">That's what Lent does- by following the disciplines of Lent, we become better prepared disciples to celebrate the glory of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. It gives our bodies, minds and souls a "spring training"</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">What a great metaphor for Lent! Thank you Bishop Henry!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">So what are these "disciplines" of Lent?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The three disciplines have been around way before the time of Jesus, and simply put, they help remind us of our own weaknesses and sinfulness. By <i><b>fasting</b></i>, we are reminded that we are not controlled by our own desires, and we have the capacity to give up a "good" for a "greater good"- life in God. We intensify or increase our <i><b>prayer</b></i> time, reminding us that to live in God's love, we need to listen to His voice. Finally we decrease our material wealth, and our egoism, by giving of our time, talent and treasure to those less fortunate than we. We are stewards of our wealth, not owners- <i><b>giving</b></i> reminds us of that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Ash Wednesday Gospel, the "kick-off" to our spring training (oops, I mixed sports metaphors here!!), Jesus gives us an important warning- the disciplines are meant to put a hold on our pride and ego, not intensify it. Unlike spring training camp, where the sports media watch every move, the Lenten disciplines are a call to <i><b>humility</b></i>- to be loud and proud about the disciplines is, as Jesus says, what the hypocrites do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is a delicate balance- on the one hand, you should explain what you are doing during Lent to children and other seekers as a way of sharing your faith, but on the other hand you don't want to trumpet your efforts. So be "pure and humble of heart" and you can't go wrong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. If you pray only in the morning, or at night, do both.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Go to confession. This year, the Archdiocese of Edmonton's Day of Confessions is March 18th. Check you local parish for the times</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Also check your parish for extra prayer events. At my parish we'll be having the Stations of the Cross every Friday, followed by a Fish Fry put on by the Knights of Columbus. Prayer and Fellowship- doesn't get better than that!</span></span></div>
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<i><b>"...but I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven..." </b></i>Matt. 5.44</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gospel Reading for the 7th Sunday of OT: Matt 5. 38-48</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Note: while most of these posts are inclusive to the Christian community at large, the reflection below is of particular interests to teachers, parents, trustees and all those committed to Catholic education) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past Friday night and Saturday I was blessed to attend the Catholic Education Symposium sponsored by The Alberta Catholic Trustee's Association. I have been also been tasked to summarize the findings and created a guide that can be used for school boards across the province. My first task will be to bring together all the comments, ideas and strategies that came out of the discussions from the 200+ delegates.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So on Sunday, I took a step back and allowed Sabbath to enter in before I begin. And as it always does, being fed by Word and Eucharist connected powerfully to what I had just experienced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the keynote speakers at the Symposium was Archbishop Michael Miller from Vancouver, who presented to us the "five marks" of Catholic school identity. He neatly summarized the key points found in the documents of the Sacred Congregation of Catholic Education. ( To read about the five marks go to <a href="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0395.htm" target="_blank">http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0395.htm)</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the marks that identifies a school as Catholic is a <b><i>spirituality of communion</i></b>. This has a multiple layers of meaning:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Catholic school is a community first, and an institution second</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Catholic school goes beyond collaboration, team-work and co-operation- since we live a spirituality of communion, we are connected to each others as children of God, and live in the love of the ultimate communion of Persons- the Trinity.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, when we read this section of the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew's Gospel, we can recognize right away that Jesus is asking us to enter into that very life of the Trinity. It has no room for revenge, retaliation and hatred. There is only room for love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is our core curriculum. This is what we mean by "faith permeation". All teachers, no matter what grade or area of subject specialty, are called to teach the Gospel of love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always. Every Day. No need to have "Random Acts of Kindness Week" if we are living and teaching Matthew 5. No need for Anti-bullying campaigns if we live and teach the Gospel of love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course we struggle to be "perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect". But I don't think Jesus is setting before us an impossible task.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is an invitation. An invitation to enter into the life of the Trinity. To enter into spiritual communion. To love our enemies. To do good to those who harm us.</span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-34184584803530685962014-02-16T14:24:00.000-08:002014-02-16T14:24:07.068-08:00Drive-Through Morality<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<u><b>Gospel for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time: </b></u>Matthew 5.17-37<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every day we are faced with choices. There are the everyday routine choices of what to eat, what to wear, what route to take to work and so forth.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are also faced every day with choices to act morally- is what I say or do today going to be an act of creation and love, or of hate and destruction, in my life, in the lives of who I encounter, and in my life in God?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many choices. And often, we make decisions about our moral life as if we are going to a drive-through (or "thru" as it is misspelled at McDonald's. Don't get me started...)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I mean is we can easily believe and follow certain teachings of the Church, and then neglect or outright refused to accept others. Then we go further by teaching our children, our friends, and our students our version of the what it means to be a Catholic. We run the danger of giving half-truths about our faith, especially about our morality.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hearing today's Gospel from Matthew at Mass this morning got me thinking about what it must have been like to be a devout Jew during the time of Christ. So many laws, and so many interpreters of the law! It's no surprise when we hear Jesus being questioned about the Law- which was the most important? Which ones should be ignored? How should we interpret the Law? Can we get rid of some of it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So again, Jesus surprised, and no doubt disturbed, some of the disciples when he showed his absolute <i><b>love </b></i>for the Law. For it was in the Law that the people could learn to encounter and love their God. It was not about legal wrangling and making excuses. It was about LOVE. Living the moral life is simply living in God's love. Totally and without excuse.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we hear Jesus say that it's not enough to refrain from murder- you must avoid anger, insult and slander.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not enough to avoid adultery- you must also break free from lustful thoughts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And don't expect that your offerings at the altar are pleasing to God if you haven't reconciled with those who have "something against you".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It reminds me of how the <i>Catechism of the Catholic Church</i> breaks open the whole of our Christian morality by showing its roots in the Ten Commandments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's and example of what I mean. Far too often, we think, "hey I'm OK, I'm not breaking the commandments". And although we may not have. for example, physically killed anyone, how many times have we killed someone's spirit with cruel sarcasm, gossip or innuendo? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe as Lenten project this year, you could read, and pray with, Part Three of The Catechism entitled "Life in Christ". It's a really great help in shedding light into some of our dark corners.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It will also curb our propensity to pick and choose a drive-through morality. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not saying that we should not listened to our conscience, but if we are to be true to ourselves, we need to have an <i><b>informed</b></i> conscience.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That means that if we disagree with something that the Church teaches on morality, we must find out exactly what it does teach. Go to the source, not the media's interpretations of what the Church teaches. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And don't forget to ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom and discernment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<i>Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." </i>Matt 5.20</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is there a particular moral teaching of the Church with which you struggle? Go to the Catechism and read what it says about it. And read <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P6T.HTM" target="_blank">Chapter Three article 1 on "The Moral Law".</a> It will help give you the "big picture" on our Catholic Christian morality.<i><u><b> </b></u></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">The exhortations of Jesus to his disciples (US!!!) to be "salt of the earth" and "light of the world" are eternal metaphors for our Christian lives. It is a call to each and every one of us to renew our commitment to the announcing the Good News.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">As individuals, and as a Church, being "salt and light" is all about how we <i><b>communicate</b></i> within our culture. I would therefore give the blog reflection over to His Holiness, Pope Francis. Here is an excerpt from his homily on the 48th World Communications Day, January 24, 2014:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="color: purple;">As I have frequently observed, if a choice has to be made between a bruised Church which goes out to the streets, and a Church suffering from self-absorption, I certainly prefer the first. Those "streets" are the world where people live and where they can be reached, both effectively and affectively. The digital highway is one of them, a street teeming with people who are often hurting, men and women looking for salvation or hope.</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="color: purple;">By means of the Internet, the Christian message can reach "to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8).Keeping the doors of our churches open also means keeping them open in the digital environment so that people, whatever their situation in life, can enter, and so that the Gospel can go out and reach everyone. We are called to show that the Church is the home of all. Are we capable of communicating the image of such a Church? Communication is a means of expressing the missionary vocation of the entire Church; today social networks are one way to experience this call to discover the beauty of faith, the beauty of encountering Christ. In the area of communications too, we need a Church capable of bringing warmth and stirring hearts...<span style="background-color: blue;"></span> </span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>For the full transcript, go to </i> </span><a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/messages/communications/documents/papa-francesco_20140124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali_en.html">http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/messages/communications/documents/papa-francesco_20140124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali_en.html</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Think about how you use Facebook, Twitter and all digital media in the classroom or in your home. Are there ways that you can be "salt and light" through them? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although the lights and decorations are packed away, and carols have long since disappeared from our lips and our IPods, there something distinctively "Christmas-y" about today's Gospel... Mary and Joseph present the infant Jesus as was the custom...</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The story seems a little out of place. I mean, if we are trying to construct a chronology from Sunday to Sunday, what are we doing re-introducing the infant Jesus? Wasn't it three weeks ago that we celebrated the Baptism of Jesus, following it up with John the Baptist's proclamation, and then Jesus beginning his adult ministry?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It makes profound sense, not from a "narrative" sense, but from a "thematic" one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It is all about the revelation of Jesus and the gift he is to the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In Jesus' baptism, God Himself reveals that " this is my Beloved Son with whom I am well pleased..." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John the Baptist "reveals" Jesus as the "Lamb of God", a foretaste of the victory over sin and death through the blood of the Cross...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last week, Jesus "reveals" himself as the one who "proclaims the good news of the Kingdom"- God's reign has come!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And this week, in the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, Simeon "reveals" Jesus as the "light of the world" </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"...a light for revelation to the Gentiles </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">and for the glory to your people Israel..."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So as we continue in the "ordinary time" to reflect on the mission, ministry, teaching, and preaching of Jesus, we keep in mind what has been revealed to us:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> If you are a teacher or parent, light a candle this week with your children, reminding them (and you) that Jesus is the "light of the world". It is also a tradition in some countries to make crepes on this day. To learn more about Candlemas, go to <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/candlemas" target="_blank">http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/candlemas</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are a follower of my blog,you'd have noticed I went AWOL for a couple of weeks. My wife and I took a trip to the islands of Maui and Kauai in the beautiful state of Hawaii. I heard we hit a warm spell back home, and was pleased to hear it- it wasn't as bad of a shock to our bodies upon our return!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were certainly some wonderful highlights and memories. One which I'll never forget is hearing the sound of whale song while scuba-diving! But for both of us, the lasting memory will be the time spent with friends who were there- isn't it always about relationships?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was one vivid image from the trip that brings us to a reflection on Sunday's Gospel. While walking on the beaches of paradise, Shirley and I noted a strange, but a far too common behavior- people plugged into their phones, I-pods, etc. Teens, middle aged, seniors- it didn't matter. Now I understand from my own running experience the motivation music provides, but many of these people were <i>strolling</i> on the beach, or lying in the sun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now consider our everyday lives of work, caring for home and family, and all our busyness. It's all good, and it is what we are called to do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Sunday's Gospel Jesus sees Peter and Andrew at their work, "for they were fishermen". A hard job, but one that would provide food for their families. Jesus invites them to follow him - a completely radical move, since in Jesus' day disciples sought out a rabbi, not the other way around.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><i><b>Immediately they left their nets and followed him</b></i></u>. It is one of the most awe-inspiring lines of the Gospel. How could they just leave everything and follow a teacher they did not know? Certainly they did not see anything "profitable" in following an itinerant preacher. Where were they going? For how long? Would it be dangerous? What would people think?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>1. We have been called.</b></i> It is the great gift of our faith to know that we have not sought God, but that God sought us first. Most of us in the Catholic<i> </i>Christian tradition received the waters of baptism as infants, but we come to recognize our call over and over again in our lives. It is one of the main reasons we celebrate Easter every year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>2. To accept the call, we must drop everything. </b></i>Not in the exact same way as the apostles, although some do- think of the canonized saints in our Church. The point is we need to drop <i>what <b>we</b></i><b> </b><i>think</i> is the reason for our work and our busyness, and realize that we are called to live with Jesus. The call is really a call to <i><b>conversion</b></i>, to turn our lives around. To bring Jesus fully into our lives, means to "drop our nets". It means to drop our <i><b>egos</b></i> and let Him in!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>3. Our lives are not about us any more.</b></i> Those of us who are married recognize the great joy, and the great loss, that came with our new lives. We lost that "freedom" of being single, and found to our great joy, that our lives were now fuller in union with our spouse, and we were even more "free" (please don't take this to mean that the married state is "better" than living a single life- it's just a different way of living out our call). It is the same for all those who raise children- the marriage changed completely and the love and sacrifice became more intense. Why? Because parents now realize their lives are not about themselves alone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the essence of vocation. <i><b>"I will make you fishers of people". </b></i>Jesus calls us with our skills, our failings, to bring people to himself. If we are a parent, a teacher, a banker, a politician, a priest, a waiter, a retiree... no matter what we do or who we are, <i><b>we are made for others.</b></i> To be in union with them and with God, right now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here in Alberta, we "celebrate" a day for families in mid-February. As a statutory holiday, government agencies, public services, and schools, have a day off so that families can enjoy a day together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We, as a Catholic Christian community, have been celebrating a different type of family day for a few hundred years. The <a href="http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=53708" target="_blank">Feast of the Holy Family</a> became part of our liturgical calendar in 1893, and is celebrated in the octave (eight days) of Christmas, usually the first Sunday after Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have heard countless homilies on how the Holy Family is a model of family life. But what do we make of that? Is it too high a pinnacle for us to attain? A father who is a saint, a mother without sin, and a child who is the Son of God?? How can we possibly follow such a model??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Holy Family is a model of Christ himself. At once containing both the divine and the human, our families can be in union with the Holy Family, by embracing their lived experience. Now we don't have very many accounts of this experience in Scripture, but look at what they went through: </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-11071565183513833632013-12-22T20:16:00.001-08:002013-12-22T20:16:29.493-08:00Lessons in Grace and Disgrace<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a teacher I've always felt bad for the fourth week in Advent. There's that fourth candle that never gets lit at school, and it's rarely a full week before the big day. This year it's three days!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But these are powerful days of waiting for us as Christians. In the Liturgy of the Hours, we pray the "O Antiphons" See: <a href="http://www.rc.net/wcc/antiphon.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rc.net/wcc/antiphon.htm </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I know this is the height of crazy in most families, and you may not have time to pray these. But how about just a little pause and reflect on today's beautiful Gospel from Matthew.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It gives us the "real" stuff of that first Christmas. A time of angel visits (how scary could that be?), impossible messages (WHAT? Mary pregnant? From WHO???) and, well, STRESS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really was struck this year with Joseph. Maybe it's because of Pope Francis' call to honor Joseph and include him in the liturgy. It was this line that caused me to ponder:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to <b>public disgrace,</b></i> <i>planned to dismiss her quietly."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joseph was about to do the most honorable thing a man in his position could do. And yet, it would be the <i>wrong thing.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> So I ask myself, how many times have I tried to do what is right, to do "God's will" only to discover that God has something entirely different in mind????</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second and the most powerful, is to remind myself that God's grace is <i><b>everywhere</b></i>, but especially <i><b>in the places you least expect.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b>Mary, who in the eyes of the world around her was full of "public disgrace" was, in fact FULL OF GRACE!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And her Son, the King of Glory would be born in dis-grace, in a feeding trough for animals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The King, Grace Himself, would die a dis-graceful death on a cross designed for enemies of the state.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And through His Death and Resurrection He would pour out His Grace on the world and save it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We, who were dis-graced way back at the beginning have been graced with new life. Our humanity has been re-graced, thanks to the Incarnation which we celebrate on Wednesday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O Wisdom, O Holy Word of God</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> O Sacred Lord of Ancient Israel</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O Flower of Jesse's stem</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O Radiant Dawn</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O King of All the Nations</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O Emmanuel, God with Us,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Come Lord Jesus!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This can be a really wild week for parents and teachers. It is the last week before a vacation, and we are both wound up and wiped out at the same time. We tried slowing down and pausing ( see last week's blog ), but it's really quite impossible - the kids are really fired up, and there's a full moon, and there's chicken pox in the classroom... and... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> What should be a joyful time has become stressful, annoying, and tiresome. </span></span><u><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Ever wonder where we get an expression like that? From all accounts, it comes from Elizabethan England. Shakespeare has Mercurio say " I am in the pink of courtesy" in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>. It may be connected to the Dianthus flower, or "Pinks", one of Elizabeth I's favorites. She thought them excellent, so perhaps being amongst them meant you were in an excellent state.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Sunday the Church was "in the pink", as we lit the rose colored candle of the Advent wreath. This represents the beginning of a week of great joy, and we call the third Sunday of Advent <i><b>Gaudete Sunday.</b></i> It takes its name from the Entrance Antiphon (which we seldom hear, because it is usually replaced by the opening hymn). In Latin the entrance antiphon of the Third Sunday of Advent begins "<i>Gaudete in Domino semper"</i> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like John the Baptist in his prison cell, asking if Jesus is the one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like Jesus who rejoices in John: "<i>Truly I tell you, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist."</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the Gospel today gives us an even greater reason to rejoice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When John's disciples ask Jesus if he was the "One who is to come", Jesus tells them to tell " what they see and hear".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But isn't strange that Jesus <i><b>has to tell them</b></i> what they are seeing and hearing? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offence at me."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Could they not see that for themselves? Perhaps I'm reading too much into this. Perhaps this is merely a literary device used by Matthew to bring across the point that the Scriptures were being fulfilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>But I think the point is this- its not that the miracles that proclaim the reign of God are not present to be seen and heard, it is that we have lost the capacity to see or hear them.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i> <i><b>Every day</b></i> those who had been blind to the reality of God are having their eyes opened,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Every day</b></i> those paralyzed by fear and hopelessness are being touched by God and moving forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Every day</b> someone is hearing the Good News for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Every day</b></i> people who were dead inside are being brought back to life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Every day</b></i> our lives become richer when we receive the light of Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is up to us as his disciples to see the world immersed in the grace of God, and to share that Good News with others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>For this week:</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Share the joy of the Lord with one of these videos:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">"The Piano Guys" play <a href="http://thepianoguys.com/portfolio/angels-we-have-heard-on-high/" target="_blank">Angels we Have Heard on High</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">"The Skit Guys" present salvation history with <a href="http://skitguys.com/videos/item/come-thou-long-expected-jesus" target="_blank">Come Thou Long Expected Jesus</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we enter</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the second week of Advent, I've been thinking about just how important this season is for us in Catholic education. It is an incredible opportunity to share the Good News, and to witness to the coming of the Lord into our history, into our lives, and into our destiny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, perhaps you think that<i><b> I </b></i>might be the Grinch. Perhaps I am. I would very much like to steal Christmas, only to release it on the night of December 24th!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Catholic Christian educators, one of our primary responsibilities is to be faithful to Christ and to his Church. One of the ways we do this is by living and breathing the life of the Church. We do this through the <i>liturgical calendar.</i> In her wisdom, the Church has times which are "ordinary", times of feasting, times of fasting, and times of waiting. "To everything there is a season..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We wait for the Lord. We wait as Mary waited. <i><b>In peace. In prayer. In service to each other.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is so hard for us to quiet ourselves during media blitzes urging us to spend (The Source's campaign "I <i>want</i> that" makes me weep). How many of us attend five or six "Christmas" parties, without so much as single Christmas carol sung? And don't get me started on radio stations attempting to put us "in the spirit" in the second week of November.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Do our Catholic schools reflect peaceful waiting?</u> Or do classroom parties, Christmas concerts, and droning "holiday music" in the hallways mimic the mayhem outside the school doors? Take time in your classroom for quiet reflection. Ask the tough questions about consumerism, about "want" vs "need", and about media manipulation. Help students, ( and staff) pause and take a breath!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the best ways to express the peaceful waiting of Advent is through prayer. To this end, every classroom should have an Advent wreath <i><b>that is used every day</b></i> and not just on the day that Father comes in to have them blessed. School administrators, this is the time for you to do your "classroom walk through's" and pray with your staff and students. And let's stop using intercom prayer. Teachers should be leading prayer in their classrooms, face to face, period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the best practices that I've encountered during Advent is the "Joy Box" or "Joy Bag". This is a mini advent wreath that goes home, so the family can pray, do activities, and have a treat. Here is one example: <a href="http://nextgencoatesy.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-advent-joy-box.html" target="_blank">http://nextgencoatesy.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-advent-joy-box.html </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Traditionally, Catholic schools will celebrate Mass during the week before the Christmas break. <i> </i>Here's<i> </i>where I get really Grinch-y.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <u>Masses during Advent do not celebrate Christmas.</u> I have many a discussion, often heated, with well meaning teachers who say, "but for most of the children, this is the only time they will get to celebrate a Christmas Mass." This is simply overstepping our role. Catholics schools are an arm of the Church, but they cannot and must not replace the life of the local parish. And we do harm to both seasons. Let's be authentic in the way we pray as Church. (Singing Christmas carols at an Advent Mass is not very authentic either). If we want our kids to attend a Christmas Mass, advertise the parish celebrations over and over again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is also a traditional time for celebrations of Reconciliation. The Catholic school should do its best to communicate when the local parish(es) are having these evening celebrations. I've also been to schools where the priest makes himself available for confessions on one day during Advent. The response from the students is overwhelming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Advent is a wonderful time to show our love for others through thoughtful acts of service. And there are countless ways that we do this. Giving Trees. Santas Anonymous. Food Bank Drives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All are excellent. <i><b>And all are done by our public school counterparts as well.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what distinguishes our giving? It is certainly not "better". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Serving the poor is a way to wait for the Lord. And actual <i>serving</i> is the best way. There is a huge difference between donating to the Food Bank and working there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even the youngest of our students can go visit the sick or seniors in a home. These are the best of field trips, and simple ways to show children the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Continue to have a beautiful Advent. And let me end with this refrain from the Taize community:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Friday I was blessed to lead a retreat with the central office staff of Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. The theme for their school year is "Casting Our Nets", based on Luke 5.1-11, and so we reflected on our personal and communal responsibility to evangelize.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In our retreat, we looked at the "boat" that is the school district, the "net" of the Good News, and the "sea and the fish". We discovered of course, that we were both the "fish" and the "fisher people", for the New Evangelization calls for the evangelizers to be evangelized themselves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what is this sea that we swim in? Well, our Church, especially under the shepherding of Popes John Paul, Benedict, and now Francis, have really helped us understand the sea of modernity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is a sea of "isms".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the problem: <i><b>Fish don't know they're wet.</b></i> In other words, the "isms" are so much a part of our culture, we don't recognize the depth of damage they do to our souls. We're hurting and we don't realize it. Identifying them is one thing, but recognizing their impact on our own personal lives is quite another.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And what a gift it is! Too many of us get caught in the wrapping paper and think of Advent <i><b>only</b></i> as a four week preparation for Christmas. Yes, we are preparing for the feast of the Incarnation of Christ, but we didn't get the gift of Advent to remind us about how many shopping days are left, or how many "Christmas" parties we have to attend so we can be completely burnt out by December 25th.</span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look at the Latin root of the word. </span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Lord Jesus Christ <i><b>came</b></i> to us <u><b><i>as</i> us</b></u> 2000+ years ago. Prepare to celebrate!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Lord Jesus Christ <i><b>will come again. </b></i></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have, in this first Sunday, a warning from Jesus about the end to come. "<i>Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming..."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a great gift! Jesus and his Church is reminding us to prepare for everlasting life!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the time for the fish to realize they are wet! We get a chance to change our lives, to turn back to God! <i><b>Because our Lord is here. Now.</b></i> Present in us, the Body of Christ that is the Church. Most gloriously present in the Eucharist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take our liturgical year. It doesn't line up with the regular calendar, and it can be confusing to our students and the uninitiated. Today, we end our Church year and begin a new cycle of worship and prayer. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, ending our Church year at this time allows us to prepare our minds and hearts for the coming of the Lord.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And to remind us of who it is we prepare for, we end with the Feast of Christ the King. It is a fitting celebration, when we consider the Gospel readings of the past for or five weeks. They all were about the kingdom, and how to live and love as Kingdom people.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, we celebrate an entirely different King than the world has known.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can imagine them thinking: <i>Where are his followers? He has no political power!</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The <b>joyful challenge</b> of discipleship is to invite, welcome and love others into the life of Christ.</i> It is a <i><b>challenge</b></i> because our world is no more receptive to this King and his Kingdom than 2000 years ago. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But it is <i><b>joyful</b></i>. Many people misunderstand joy, thinking that it is the same as happiness. Joy is really about <i>hope.</i> We live hopeful lives because of a King that emptied himself so we might share in his Divine Life.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>If you teach in a Catholic school...</i> reflect with your students on what it means to be a "good king". How is Jesus like that? What makes Jesus different.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>For all of us... </i>As part of your prayer time, use the words of the "good thief": <u><i>Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom...</i></u></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And accept the <b>joyful challenge</b> of discipleship. </i><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416543394799503692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922144666947445301.post-83636749010144283152013-11-19T09:34:00.001-08:002013-11-19T09:34:36.986-08:00A Bishop's Wisdom<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past weekend, I was blessed to attend the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association's annual general meeting. Not being a trustee myself, it was wonderful to be in community with such dedicated Catholic educational leaders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were many highlights for me, including the opening remarks from Bishop Fred Henry, the presentations from Fr. Raymond Carey, and of course the numerous conversations I had with trustees and administrators.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The conference concluded, naturally, with Eucharist on Sunday, presided by Archbishop Richard Smith. With keen insight and great wisdom, his Grace broke open the Gospel reading for all of us as a reminder of our call as Catholic educators. Allow me to paraphrase his Grace's three insights from Luke 21.5-19.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #010000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22.390625px;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. ‘<b><i>As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.’</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">Consider for a moment, the blessing that we have in Alberta, of fully-funded Catholic education. We have everything we could possibly ask for- state of the art schools, the most advanced technology and countless amenities. We have spent millions upon millions on buildings and capital projects. Many times, pursuing the dream of new or modernize school buildings can shift our <i>ultimate</i> goal- to bring those in our care to a relationship with Jesus Christ and to live as his disciples. While it is important and necessary that schools be built, let us be mindful that all this will pass away. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #010000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">For we are being led astray by a plethora of "isms"- materialism, relativism, and post-modern cynicism to name three of the biggest. We are so completely immersed in these "isms' that we flow aimlessly in their stream. Without a voice that is "counter-ism" (I resist here using the word "counter-cultural" because it can seem like there is nothing good in the culture), we will truly be following false gods.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #010000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">This is precisely why we have Catholic schools. By proclaiming the Good News of life in Christ, we can help our students, and ourselves, be the "light of the world". Which brings us to...</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #010000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;"><b><i>3...."</i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #010000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22.390625px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>This will give you an opportunity to testify..."</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Archbishop Smith concluded his homily on this passage from Luke's Gospel by exhorting us to be true to our call as disciples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Catholic educators, we have been given this command by our Lord. We testify with our words, and our actions. Mostly we testify with our love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you Archbishop Smith, of reminding us of who we are and <i>whose</i> we are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out Archbishop Smith's blog:<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://archbishopsmith.blogspot.ca/">http://archbishopsmith.blogspot.ca/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nobody likes a know-it-all. In Jesus' time the worst of the Know-it-alls were the Sadducees. We often lump the Scribes, The Pharisees and the Sadducees together, and true, they were all very similar in that they were the keepers of the LAW. The Sadducees were slightly different- they believed that only the first five books of Hebrew Scripture- ones attributed to Moses- were the only authentic scripture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As such, they did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. It's important to know that all understanding of a "resurrection" was shrouded in mystery, but the Sadducees rejected the idea completely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So when Jesus proclaims a resurrection of the dead, they scoff at the notion, attempting to trick Jesus with a crazy scenario about seven husbands of one widow- who is she married to in heaven??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Jesus' patience is amazing. He simply tells them that their vision of heaven is not God's vision. Marriage, the covenant of love that expresses on earth the love God has for us, will not matter. The union that we seek is with God, and with all of creation.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Scripture </b>know-it-alls who quote Jesus to make<i> our</i> point.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How is your attention span at Mass? Mine isn't always as it should be- I guess that's one of the many reasons why I need to go every Sunday- one of these weeks, I'll get it right. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, a couple of years ago I was my usual ADD self, watching the activity in the pew in front of me, rather than what was happening at the altar. There was a little girl of about five or six years old, with her mother, who was trying to participate in the liturgy, and answer questions about what was going on at the same time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little girl had a million questions about EVERYTHING- it seems that this may have been an infrequent visit. I could tell the mother was getting more and more frustrated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little girl asked, "Mommy, what's going on? I can't see!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At that moment, my heart broke. It was broken for the little girl whose curiosity is at the heart of discipleship. It was also broken for the frustrated mother, who, like me, is too distracted to see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week's parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is now "brought to life" in the encounter of Jesus with Zacchaeus. This Gospel story is very popular with the young children, and with good reason. The main character is like them- too little to see what's going on. Zacchaeus solves the problem in an undignified, "childish" way- he climbs a tree. And the story ends well- Jesus sees him and wants to stay at his house.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> First of all, what was Zacchaeus trying to do? <i>"He was trying to see who Jesus <b>was.</b></i>" Zacchaeus was not merely trying to get a look at a famous man, like someone stretching to see a politician on parade. There is a sense here that Zacchaeus is opening a door to an <i>encounter</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could it be that there was something missing in his life? He was "a tax collector and was rich."- while he had wealth, he certainly did not have the affection of the Jews (remember tax collectors were despised because of their allegiance to Rome, and their propensity to extort from their people)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In any event, whether Zacchaeus knew it or not, he was "lost".</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Jesus finds this lost sheep, telling him to come down from the tree "for I <i><b>must</b></i> stay at your house today." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And notice <i>how</i> he responds! He doesn't say, "Oh you'll love it Jesus, we're having a wonderful meal today" NO Zacchaeus says:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Look, half of my possessions Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much...</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At every Mass we have the opportunity to see Jesus. But more than that we get to <i><b>encounter</b></i> Him through the Eucharist. The Gospel today reminds us that we should be attentive to the liturgy and its impact in our everyday life. Consider this part of the Mass. Right before we go up for <i>communion,</i> the priest says:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Behold the Lamb of God! Behold him who takes away the sins of the world! Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since last Advent, we have had a new response to this. It comes from Luke 7.7, when the Centurion asks Jesus to heal his slave. But it is also for us, a <i><b>Zacchaeus moment.</b></i> Jesus is inviting us, and so we respond:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And, I, like Zacchaeus, will have a new heart to do your will.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>For this week:</b></u></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teachers and Parents:Read the story of Zacchaeus to your students and children. Ask them if they ever felt like Zacchaeus. Talk to them about how Jesus lives at your house. And when your at Mass, make sure they can see what's going on. Answer their questions- it is your time to give the homily!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For all of us: If you can, spend some time in front of the Tabernacle. If not, the next time your at Mass, be attentive- look up at the host and chalice as it becomes the Body and Blood of Christ- it's one of the reasons the priest is holding it up! Cherish the "Lord I am not worthy" prayer. And when you receive the Eucharist, be aware of that you become what you receive.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite speakers in the area of religious education is <a href="http://cymfed.org.uk/david-wells/" target="_blank">David Wells</a> from the diocese of Plymouth, England. He gives a great talk on how our society values what people do, rather than who people are.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He has now come to a point in his life where, when people ask him "What do you do?" He replies, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Sometimes, when I'm all alone, I dance naked in the living room. What do <b><i>you</i></b> do???"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all fall into this trap. Just today I met up with a former student, and asked what his brother was "up to". I was glad to hear about his success as a welder for the oil patch, but I neglected to ask further about his family, his health, or his general <i><b>well-being</b></i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are far too concerned with the <i><b>doing</b></i>.<i><b> </b></i>And now, as a (semi) retired educator, I am keenly aware that my worth is not tied up in how active I am, or what to <i><b>do</b></i> with my life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No, my worthiness is simple- <i>I am a child of God.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And as I child of God, I rely on His grace and mercy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Which brings us to the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, which, like all of Jesus' parables, is rich in meaning and deceptively simple.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A quick explanation of the two main characters. (In a previous blog I mentioned that characters in Jesus' parables "remain nameless"- a reminder that they represent all of us) <i><b>Pharisees</b></i> were the religious elite- they always went waaaaayyyy beyond the expectations of the Law- instead of fasting once a week, they'd fast twice, etc.<i> </i> <i><b>Tax collectors </b></i>were the most despised traitors of the Jewish people- not only would they collect taxes from their people for the Romans, but would keep a healthy portion for themselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here we have, <i><b>based on what they do</b>,</i> the "best" and the "worst" of Jewish society.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tax collector is a man of few words. And those few words become the core of the centuries old <a href="http://catholicism.about.com/od/prayers/qt/Jesus_Prayer.htm" target="_blank">"Jesus Prayer"</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"God be merciful to me, a sinner."</b></i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus sums up the scenario by saying: <i>"Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted." </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No, this isn't just about the way we pray. I think it's all about <i><b>doing </b></i>vs. <i><b>being.</b></i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For God, unlike us, doesn't care about what we <i><b>do</b></i>, He'll love us anyway.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">God cares about who we <i><b>are.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our response to this amazing reality is simple, really. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We need to ask ourselves, every day. "Am I <i><b>being</b></i> a child of God <i><b>through </b></i>what I <i><b>do</b></i>?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>More often than not, the answer is "no".</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And that is why, every day, we need to spend some time doing the Jesus Prayer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you breathe in you pray (out loud or in silence):</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>O Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God...</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Have mercy on me a sinner.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This prayer has been used as a meditation dating back to the early Church. In the Orthodox tradition, it is prayed with little ropes, similar to praying the Rosary in the West. It can prayed while being stuck in traffic, washing the dishes, doing playground supervision, and best of all, your last prayer as you go to sleep.<i> </i><i></i><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are so many profound moments</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">in the celebration of the Mass, but lately I've been reflecting on the words we pray at the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>P:</b> The Lord be with you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>R: </b>And with your spirit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>P: <i>Lift up your hearts</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>R:<i>We lift them up to the Lord</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>P:</b>Let us give thanks to the Lord our God</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>R:</b> It is right and just.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why do we begin this part of the Mass in this way? I think it can be best explained through a careful look at today's Gospel reading. Jesus tells the disciples a parable about a persistent widow and a wicked judge, "who neither feared God nor had respect for any human being." It's a parable of <i><b>grand contrast</b></i>, not only the contrast between an evil judge who has everything, and a poor widow who has nothing, but a contrast between that same judge and God the Father. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Earlier in Luke, Jesus exhorts his followers to be persistent in prayer:"Is there any among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?" (Luke 11.11-12) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over and over again, Jesus reminds us to be <i><b>persistent</b></i> in prayer.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the problem for most of us:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Our</b></i> prayers are not being <i><b>heard.</b></i> God must be too busy for us. <i><b>We pray everyday and nothing changes.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine for a moment that a parent comes home from work every day, and every day, their teenager asks for money. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No "Hello, how was your day," etc. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>For teenagers and infants, <b>"it's all about Me"</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Catechism of the Catholic Church</i> sums it up nicely:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God, or the requesting of good things from God"</i><i> But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? </i>(CCC 2559)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look at the words at the beginning of the Eucharistic prayer again:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The persistence in prayer that Jesus asks of us is to persist in <i><b>letting go</b></i>, to <i><b>surrender</b></i> our selfishness and ego. Persist in <i><b>lifting a changed heart.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>That is heavy lifting.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But we give thanks for it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Because it is right and just.</b></i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><i><b> </b></i></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">For this week...</span></b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's being called "Pope Francis' Five Finger Prayer", but it's been around in various forms for a while. Teach it to your kids, yourself, and those who could benefit from persistent prayer...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/yimcatholic/2013/09/too-cool-not-to-share-pope-franciss-five-finger-prayer.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/yimcatholic/2013/09/too-cool-not-to-share-pope-franciss-five-finger-prayer.html </span></a><u><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></u></span><br />
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