{"id":13450,"date":"2012-08-14T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=13450"},"modified":"2015-03-19T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T22:41:06","slug":"are-you-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/14\/are-you-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Lectionary: Are you listening to the words coming out of my mouth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again<\/span><\/a>, in the spirit of regaining more of my free time to engage in other projects, these notes will be fairly terse and to the point…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: August 19th, 2012<\/h2>\n

The Readings this week continue on a similar trajectory to those of recent weeks. In Proverbs we hear how Lady Wisdom has “dressed her meat [and] mixed her wine”<\/span><\/em> and sent out an invitation to all to come eat and drink at her table. In our Responsorial Psalm, the psalmist invites us once again<\/a> to\u00a0“Taste and see the goodness of the Lord”<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0St. Paul continues his moral exhortation to the Ephesians\u00a0in the Second Reading\u00a0, commending them to be “filled with the Spirit”<\/span><\/em> rather than wine. Finally, in our Gospel extract, the Lord again affirms that He is “the living bread that came down from heaven”<\/em><\/span> and He promises that “<\/span>whoever eats this bread will live forever”<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For the last few weeks the Readings have all been about food and drink. Are you hungry yet?\u00a0Are you spiritually salivating? Are you hungry for holiness? Do you long for the flesh of Christ?<\/p>\n

I have no delight in corruptible food, nor in the pleasures of this life. I desire the Bread of God, the heavenly bread, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was of the seed of David; and I desire the drink of God, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life.<\/em> – St. Ignatius to the Romans, Chapter 7<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reading I: Proverbs 9:1-6<\/h3>\n

The book of Proverbs falls into the category of Wisdom literature. It is attributed to King Solomon, but probably also includes later material. Proverbs can be divided into eight parts. The extract for our First Reading comes from the end of this first part in which “Lady Wisdom” is extolled.<\/p>\n

Wisdom has built her house,\u00a0she has set up her seven columns;\u00a0she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine,\u00a0yes, she has spread her table.\u00a0She has sent out her maidens; she calls\u00a0from the heights out over the city:\u00a0“Let whoever is simple turn in here;\u00a0To the one who lacks understanding, she says,\u00a0Come, eat of my food,\u00a0and drink of the wine I have mixed!\u00a0Forsake foolishness that you may live;\u00a0advance in the way of understanding.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Questions:<\/p>\n