Readings
Image source: http://www.agnusday.org
March 22, 2014
March 14, 2014
2nd Sunday of Lent - A
Commentary
If you wish…
Peter says to Jesus, “If you
wish.” But it is Peter who wishes to
stay on the mountain forever. Peter wants to stop in that glorious moment.
Jesus, on the contrary, is on
his way to Jerusalem where the cross is waiting for him. He would not stop there, in that glorious moment.
Jesus’ “if you
wish” is to fulfill the
Father’s will.
Jesus’ true glory comes only
when he “has been raised from the dead” by the Father. And that glory only comes after he has
fulfilled the Father’s will with his death on the cross.
March 8, 2014
1st Sunday of Lent - A
Commentary
Hunger
“Jesus was hungry.”
It is a moment of vulnerability for Jesus. And the tempter knows that.
The first temptation can happen when we are hungry in our body
(hunger, thirst, physical exhaustion), in our heart (emotional exhaustion,
stress, loneliness), in our mind (laziness, feeling stuck with unsolvable
problems), or in our soul (spiritual dryness, doubt)…
The second temptation can happen when we are hungry for
self-determination, for control of our own destiny, for a false sense of
freedom from responsibilities and commitment, when we only think of ourselves,
when we think we are our own gods.
The third temptation can happen when we are hungry for power,
for domination, for popularity, for wealth, …
We know what Jesus did in that moment of vulnerability, and
how he faced those temptations.
March 1, 2014
8th Sunday - A
Commentary
Matthew 6: 24 – 34
Does that Measure up to God?
The word mammon is
thought to come from a Hebrew word for “that in which on places trust.” And it often refers to “wealth, money,
property.” [1]
One of the invitations Jesus offers us in today’s Gospel
passage is to examine ourselves in light of the question, “In what/whom do I
place my trust?”
Would that thing or that person last forever?
Now, compare that thing or that person with God and the gift of
life in God’s Kingdom, which God has already given to us, beginning in this
earthly life.
---------------------------
[1] Daniel
J. Harrington, The Gospel of Matthew;
Sacra Pagina Series. Collegeville, MN:
Liturgical Press, 1991; p. 101.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
