Sister Joan Irene
Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
1 Jn 5-8 Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers and sisters, especially for strangers; they have testified to your love before the Church. Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey. For they have set out for the sake of the Name and are accepting nothing from the pagans. Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth.
Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed.
R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his generosity shall endure forever. Light shines through the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and merciful and just.
R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,who conducts his affairs with justice; He shall never be moved; the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Lk 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought,‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
The first thing on my mind this morning is how this is the 32nd week in ordinary time and going into the 33rd week. The readings in general are beginning to point to and refer in differing ways to the end. "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" This is a time that has come and has not yet come. Jesus is speaking this and he is the Son of Man. I understand this to mean when he comes again at the end time.
The dishonest judge in the gospel parable is willing to give to the widow because of her persisting and no other reason. This is how my faith needs to be. Through the good and bad and through the times of not seeing the fruits of my faith I need to be steadfast in my belief in that Jesus died and was resurrected and God is always with me at my side in all that I live through. That there is everlasting life for those who believe. My faith will heal me and make me whole. Faith is a gift from God with a continual giving connection to God. The Lord is my rock and my salvation. I continue to walk with the Lord through each moment and each day with joy that the living and loving God is with me in all that I do.
1 Jn 5-8 Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers and sisters, especially for strangers; they have testified to your love before the Church. Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey. For they have set out for the sake of the Name and are accepting nothing from the pagans. Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth.
Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed.
R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his generosity shall endure forever. Light shines through the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and merciful and just.
R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,who conducts his affairs with justice; He shall never be moved; the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
R. Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Lk 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought,‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
The first thing on my mind this morning is how this is the 32nd week in ordinary time and going into the 33rd week. The readings in general are beginning to point to and refer in differing ways to the end. "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" This is a time that has come and has not yet come. Jesus is speaking this and he is the Son of Man. I understand this to mean when he comes again at the end time.
The dishonest judge in the gospel parable is willing to give to the widow because of her persisting and no other reason. This is how my faith needs to be. Through the good and bad and through the times of not seeing the fruits of my faith I need to be steadfast in my belief in that Jesus died and was resurrected and God is always with me at my side in all that I live through. That there is everlasting life for those who believe. My faith will heal me and make me whole. Faith is a gift from God with a continual giving connection to God. The Lord is my rock and my salvation. I continue to walk with the Lord through each moment and each day with joy that the living and loving God is with me in all that I do.
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