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GOSPEL POWER l august 9, 2022 - Tuesday of 19th Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
Gospel: Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a child, whom he put among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. . . . 10“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven. . . . 12What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”
To be helpless and dependent on others can be a very humbling experience for an adult but a natural and spontaneous one for a child. Although psychologically, self-sufficiency and independence are appreciated as marks of maturity, in matters of faith, it is the disposition of a child that reflects our true state before God. For what do we have that we did not receive from God? And what good can we do without God’s grace empowering us? Jesus, by taking a child as a visual aid, implies that to be great in the Kingdom of heaven is to humbly recognize and accept the truth of our absolute dependence on the gracious Father who provides everything that we need. Entering the “kingdom of heaven” means turning over our lives completely to God and allowing God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Lord Jesus, help us to relearn the trustful abandon of a child, to which this biblical passage invites us: “Cast all your cares upon him because he cares for you” (1 Pt 5:7). Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l august 9, 2022 - Tuesday of 19th Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
Gospel: Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a child, whom he put among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. . . . 10“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven. . . . 12What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”
To be helpless and dependent on others can be a very humbling experience for an adult but a natural and spontaneous one for a child. Although psychologically, self-sufficiency and independence are appreciated as marks of maturity, in matters of faith, it is the disposition of a child that reflects our true state before God. For what do we have that we did not receive from God? And what good can we do without God’s grace empowering us? Jesus, by taking a child as a visual aid, implies that to be great in the Kingdom of heaven is to humbly recognize and accept the truth of our absolute dependence on the gracious Father who provides everything that we need. Entering the “kingdom of heaven” means turning over our lives completely to God and allowing God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Lord Jesus, help us to relearn the trustful abandon of a child, to which this biblical passage invites us: “Cast all your cares upon him because he cares for you” (1 Pt 5:7). Amen.