It's Halloween and most of the movies on TV are horror flicks. So many movies about troubled souls!
Sometimes I think we pay so much attention to the troubled disembodied souls and not pay enough attention to troubled souls among those who live, those who are tormented by so many demons, real and imagined, or the troubles in our own souls.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Readings for the Day: Keep your priests honest
The readings for today are about keeping priests honest.
From Malachi:
And now, O priests, this commandment is for you:
If you do not listen,
if you do not lay it to heart,
to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
I will send a curse upon you
and of your blessing I will make a curse.
You have turned aside from the way,
and have caused many to falter by your instruction;
you have made void the covenant of Levi,
says the LORD of hosts.
I, therefore, have made you contemptible
and base before all the people,
since you do not keep my ways,
but show partiality in your decisions.
Me: Amen.
From Matthew:
The scribes and the Pharisees
have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,
but do not follow their example.
For they preach but they do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry
and lay them on people's shoulders,
but they will not lift a finger to move them.
All their works are performed to be seen.
They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues,
greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.'
And something more positive from Paul to the Thessalonians:
We were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.
With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you
not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well,
so dearly beloved had you become to us.
You recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery.
Working night and day in order not to burden any of you,
we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
And for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly,
that, in receiving the word of God from hearing us,
you received not a human word but, as it truly is, the word of God,
which is now at work in you who believe.
From Malachi:
And now, O priests, this commandment is for you:
If you do not listen,
if you do not lay it to heart,
to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
I will send a curse upon you
and of your blessing I will make a curse.
You have turned aside from the way,
and have caused many to falter by your instruction;
you have made void the covenant of Levi,
says the LORD of hosts.
I, therefore, have made you contemptible
and base before all the people,
since you do not keep my ways,
but show partiality in your decisions.
Me: Amen.
From Matthew:
The scribes and the Pharisees
have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,
but do not follow their example.
For they preach but they do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry
and lay them on people's shoulders,
but they will not lift a finger to move them.
All their works are performed to be seen.
They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues,
greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.'
And something more positive from Paul to the Thessalonians:
We were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.
With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you
not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well,
so dearly beloved had you become to us.
You recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery.
Working night and day in order not to burden any of you,
we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
And for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly,
that, in receiving the word of God from hearing us,
you received not a human word but, as it truly is, the word of God,
which is now at work in you who believe.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Reading for the Day
"One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him". Luke 14:1
Yet another instance of Jesus eating and eating with the high and mighty. A preferential option for the poor and powerless doesn't mean neglect of the rich and powerful.
Yet another instance of Jesus eating and eating with the high and mighty. A preferential option for the poor and powerless doesn't mean neglect of the rich and powerful.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Reading for the Day
"In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles" Luke 6: 12-13.
I just noticed the phrase: and all night he continued in prayer to God. And then I thought: maybe he was up all night because he was having difficulty choosing his twelve apostles from among all his disciples so he asked his father for some advce.
I just noticed the phrase: and all night he continued in prayer to God. And then I thought: maybe he was up all night because he was having difficulty choosing his twelve apostles from among all his disciples so he asked his father for some advce.
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