Be Here!
“Now we should live when the pulse of life is strong. Life is a tenuous thing…fragile, fleeting. Don’t wait for tomorrow. Be here now! Be here now! Be here now!”
– John and Staci Eldredge, Captivating
Happy Feast of Purim!
Chag Purim Sameach!
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” – Esther4:16
Sunday Lectionary: Cleaning Out The House
3rd Sunday Of Lent, 11th March 2012
The First Reading and the Gospel this week recall events of epic proportion.
The First Reading takes place three months after the Israelite exodus from Egypt. The Children of Israel have journeyed through the desert and found themselves at the foot of Mount Sinai. The stage is set for arguably one of the most important events of the Old Testament: the giving the Ten Commandments through Charlton Heston Moses.
The Gospel Reading contains no less drama! We read the account from John’s Gospel of the “cleansing of the Temple”. The Lord drives out the money lenders and animal sellers and, when challenged by the authorities, He speaks outlandishly about the destruction of the Temple and its rebuilding in three days…
Moses guarded the nation of Israel and, through God’s grace and guidance, acted as Israel’s leader, law-giver, mediator and intercessor. In Christ all these roles find their fulfillment and perfection.
The Temple has been cleansed. A new dawn is at hand…
While the oxygen lasts
“While the oxygen lasts, there are still new things to love, especially if compassion is a form of love”
– Norman Maclean
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Is your lenten Discipline going well?
It’s Monday again! How’s your Lenten discipline going? 😉
(Thanks to Neal Obstat Theological Opining for this one)
Glory Unveiled
I’m late, but I’m back! “Theology On Tap” and “Daughters Of The King” craziness is mostly over now so proper blogging should resume shortly…
2nd Sunday of Lent: 4th March, 2012
The Readings this Sunday are a source of encouragement to strengthen to us during this Lenten season.
In the First Reading we read the familiar story of the testing of Abraham. This patriarch was asked by God to offer what was most precious to him, his own beloved son. This Reading demonstrates the obedience of Abraham, but it also gives us a picture of the love of God the Father who “so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son” – John 3:16.
The theme of Christ’s sacrifice is picked up by St. Paul in our Second Reading where he asks “[God] did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?”.
Finally, in this week’s Gospel we read the story of the Transfiguration. Jesus, together with His “inner circle” ascend a mountain where His glory is unveiled. While transfigured, Jesus is visited by the two greatest figures in Old Testament history, Moses and Elijah.
As this Lenten season continues, let us be inspired by Abraham’s love of God, comforted by the love of the Father which made Him give His Son and humbled by the love of the Son that He would come be our redeemer. Let us too become “transfigured”, transformed more and more into the likeness of Christ as we serve Him in the world.