Homily Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 17 February 2019
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8
Psalm: Ps 1:1-4. “Happy are they who hope in the Lord.”
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12. 16-20
Gospel Acclamation: Luke 6:23
Gospel: Luke 6:17. 20-26
Photo by Andrew Spencer on Unsplash
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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 17 February 2019 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-6c-episode-140 (EPISODE: 140)
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There is a recurring line in the readings for this weekend…. “like a tree planted near flowing waters…..” “that thrusts its roots into the stream”….//… ‘when the heat comes.. it feels no alarm… its foliage stays green.’
It’s a beautiful and restful image….
It is what we all are called to become.. people who are focused on God—- brought into union with the Lord- Finding our center - our balance - and focus in God… and drawing our life and meaning from The river of Life—- God as the source of all nourishment and refreshment … and staying focused… knowing what is life-giving and what is a dead end!!! And living in that knowledge…
The source of all life, all meaning and all lasting value… is God’s life…… .., //. all that is lasting…: love, compassion, and connection with God and one another…; these things are entering into the life-giving stream that sustains us in good times and in bad…..
I was reading a quote from a person who wrote down thoughts about their life.. as they faced their final illness.. this writer, and American campaigner by the name of Lee Atwater.. died at a very early age from a brain tumour,, he was a man who had amassed enormous wealth and power and prestige in his short life.. but admitted himself that he felt a deep inner restlessness.. and poverty of spirit… ‘ he writes…” in my illness, I discovered insight into what was missing in society… and it was indeed missing in me too…. A little heart…. A lot of brotherhood…… we must speak to this ‘spiritual vacuum’ that lies at the heart of our society.” ….
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8
Psalm: Ps 1:1-4. “Happy are they who hope in the Lord.”
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12. 16-20
Gospel Acclamation: Luke 6:23
Gospel: Luke 6:17. 20-26
Photo by Andrew Spencer on Unsplash
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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 17 February 2019 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-6c-episode-140 (EPISODE: 140)
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There is a recurring line in the readings for this weekend…. “like a tree planted near flowing waters…..” “that thrusts its roots into the stream”….//… ‘when the heat comes.. it feels no alarm… its foliage stays green.’
It’s a beautiful and restful image….
It is what we all are called to become.. people who are focused on God—- brought into union with the Lord- Finding our center - our balance - and focus in God… and drawing our life and meaning from The river of Life—- God as the source of all nourishment and refreshment … and staying focused… knowing what is life-giving and what is a dead end!!! And living in that knowledge…
The source of all life, all meaning and all lasting value… is God’s life…… .., //. all that is lasting…: love, compassion, and connection with God and one another…; these things are entering into the life-giving stream that sustains us in good times and in bad…..
I was reading a quote from a person who wrote down thoughts about their life.. as they faced their final illness.. this writer, and American campaigner by the name of Lee Atwater.. died at a very early age from a brain tumour,, he was a man who had amassed enormous wealth and power and prestige in his short life.. but admitted himself that he felt a deep inner restlessness.. and poverty of spirit… ‘ he writes…” in my illness, I discovered insight into what was missing in society… and it was indeed missing in me too…. A little heart…. A lot of brotherhood…… we must speak to this ‘spiritual vacuum’ that lies at the heart of our society.” ….
Sometimes us modern listeners can miss some of the subtlety of Christ’s message. For example, it does at first glance look like anyone who is well off or wealthy is coming in an enormous serve. But we have to remember that Luke’s Gospel, especially, was addressed to influential, wealthy and powerful people in the gentile community. Luke is not collecting an orderly account of Christ’s life and teaching to bash powerful and influential people from here to kingdom come. The whole gospel is an invitation to people, rich or poor, influential or powerless, to become willing members in the Kingdom, where values are reshaped and a new way of relating is formed. Luke is inviting the influential and powerful to use their fortune and influence to keep in mind their brothers and sisters whom Christ loved so much and spent his life and ministry helping.
There is another beautiful quote I stumbled across … “The one who loses wealth loses much…. But the one who loses the spirit loses everything….” We have to adjust and set our priorities, resources, and values; keeping them connected to the source of lasting meaning… God…. And God’s offer of eternal life and relationship…
That beautiful second reading by St Paul.. again goes right to the heart of our faith…. We believe that Jesus is risen.. and because he is risen.. our hope of resurrection has dawned… we believe that we have an eternal life with God…. A relationship that cannot be broken.. even by death… Some time back, someone gave me some old prayer books from their great-great grandmother.. and I was placing them in a safe position …. But some memorial prayer cards fell out… They were beautiful… and old…… I kept some of them and they still in my prayer books… because they were stored within prayer books they look as brand new as a memorial prayer card printed yesterday… but on the back.. names of people I never knew, nor did I know who their relatives or acquaintances were;… but still…. These people… are our brothers and sisters in Christ….... One card says…... the name of, (for example) George P Jordan, died 20th May, 1963…aged 66 years… in Dunfermline, Ireland…. Rest in Peace… // That’s fifty-six years ago… /the mind boggles as I looked at names and dates and places on countless prayer cards.. cards still worth looking at and certainly praying over today.. as many do with their own families and friends prayer cards……I have precious memorial cards of my beloved father, Bill, and my grandparents…. …. Including my grandmother, Beryl Hodge (1919-1999), whose one-hundredth year of birth we commemorated just last month. These memorial cards are another reminder that they all live on with God in the eternal banquet feast….
These other memorial cards… fascinated me…..I wasn’t even born yet when these people passed into eternal life… but.. their memory is as fresh in the mind of God as today is.. and their memory is also very fresh in the hearts and minds of surviving loved ones or friends…. …. We live on ! … Our hope and our faith rightfully continue in God, who is the source of our life… it’s truly beautiful.
The Gospel today saying ‘happy are those who are spiritual poor.. and oppressed’ and woe to those who are comfy and cozy… this version of the gospel spells out that God means to turn standards and arrangements on their head… the poor, the oppressed, the needy.. these are those who will come first in God’s values and God’s Kingdom… so he is preparing us for a different way of thinking .. so we will engage in a different way of acting and living…
What are some of the dead-end roads we are tempted to drive down in our lives….. what ‘things’ do we put our energy and time into that are not life-giving and lasting like the waters of eternal life offered by Jesus and his values…
Let us be aware and prayerful about the things that give us lasting life and satisfaction.. and the things that sap our energy and leave us empty…
Jesus can show us how to put ourselves near the flowing waters… the renew and reconnect us to the true source of life… Christ himself!
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Vision – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR C. BY MARK LINK S.J.
A BOOK OF GRACE-FILLED DAYS. BY ALICE CAMILLE. 2010.
DAILY STUDY BIBLE. GOSPEL OF LUKE. (REVISED EDITION). BY WILLIAM BARCLAY.
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Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com
To listen to my weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here.
NB - It is often a week or so Ahead: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks
You are welcome to subscribe to Fr Paul’s homily mail-out by sending an email to this address: paulkellyreflections+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
“Faith, Hope and Love, A time of Christian worship and reflection” - Led by Rev Paul W. Kelly
Texts used in this programme are for the purposes of worship and prayer for listeners wherever you are.
Prayers and chants are taken from the English Translation of the Roman Missal, edition three, © 2010, The International commission on English in the liturgy.
Scriptures are from the New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, by the national council of Churches of Christ, USA. , //adaptations to conform with Catholic liturgical norms, © 2009, by the same.
[{selected psalms } - ***Psalm verses are (also) taken from “The Psalms: A New Translation” ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.. **]
Prayers of the Faithful are adapted from Robert Borg’s 1993 book “ Together we pray”. Published in Sydney Australia By E.J. Dwyer. (out of print).
{ “Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin” -published 2011, Composed and Sung by Jeffrey M. Ostrowski
Featuring the….Gloria, The Creed, The Kyrie, The Mass parts, Psalms: http://www.ccwatershed.org/chabanel/ ]]] ] COPYRIGHT @ 2018 CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. www.ccwatershed.org/vatican/Ralph_Sherwin_Videos/
“Faith, Hope and Love” theme Hymn: Words, based on 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, set to original music © 1996 by Paul W. Kelly.
There is another beautiful quote I stumbled across … “The one who loses wealth loses much…. But the one who loses the spirit loses everything….” We have to adjust and set our priorities, resources, and values; keeping them connected to the source of lasting meaning… God…. And God’s offer of eternal life and relationship…
That beautiful second reading by St Paul.. again goes right to the heart of our faith…. We believe that Jesus is risen.. and because he is risen.. our hope of resurrection has dawned… we believe that we have an eternal life with God…. A relationship that cannot be broken.. even by death… Some time back, someone gave me some old prayer books from their great-great grandmother.. and I was placing them in a safe position …. But some memorial prayer cards fell out… They were beautiful… and old…… I kept some of them and they still in my prayer books… because they were stored within prayer books they look as brand new as a memorial prayer card printed yesterday… but on the back.. names of people I never knew, nor did I know who their relatives or acquaintances were;… but still…. These people… are our brothers and sisters in Christ….... One card says…... the name of, (for example) George P Jordan, died 20th May, 1963…aged 66 years… in Dunfermline, Ireland…. Rest in Peace… // That’s fifty-six years ago… /the mind boggles as I looked at names and dates and places on countless prayer cards.. cards still worth looking at and certainly praying over today.. as many do with their own families and friends prayer cards……I have precious memorial cards of my beloved father, Bill, and my grandparents…. …. Including my grandmother, Beryl Hodge (1919-1999), whose one-hundredth year of birth we commemorated just last month. These memorial cards are another reminder that they all live on with God in the eternal banquet feast….
These other memorial cards… fascinated me…..I wasn’t even born yet when these people passed into eternal life… but.. their memory is as fresh in the mind of God as today is.. and their memory is also very fresh in the hearts and minds of surviving loved ones or friends…. …. We live on ! … Our hope and our faith rightfully continue in God, who is the source of our life… it’s truly beautiful.
The Gospel today saying ‘happy are those who are spiritual poor.. and oppressed’ and woe to those who are comfy and cozy… this version of the gospel spells out that God means to turn standards and arrangements on their head… the poor, the oppressed, the needy.. these are those who will come first in God’s values and God’s Kingdom… so he is preparing us for a different way of thinking .. so we will engage in a different way of acting and living…
What are some of the dead-end roads we are tempted to drive down in our lives….. what ‘things’ do we put our energy and time into that are not life-giving and lasting like the waters of eternal life offered by Jesus and his values…
Let us be aware and prayerful about the things that give us lasting life and satisfaction.. and the things that sap our energy and leave us empty…
Jesus can show us how to put ourselves near the flowing waters… the renew and reconnect us to the true source of life… Christ himself!
++++++++++
References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Vision – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR C. BY MARK LINK S.J.
A BOOK OF GRACE-FILLED DAYS. BY ALICE CAMILLE. 2010.
DAILY STUDY BIBLE. GOSPEL OF LUKE. (REVISED EDITION). BY WILLIAM BARCLAY.
+++
Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com
To listen to my weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here.
NB - It is often a week or so Ahead: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks
You are welcome to subscribe to Fr Paul’s homily mail-out by sending an email to this address: paulkellyreflections+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
“Faith, Hope and Love, A time of Christian worship and reflection” - Led by Rev Paul W. Kelly
Texts used in this programme are for the purposes of worship and prayer for listeners wherever you are.
Prayers and chants are taken from the English Translation of the Roman Missal, edition three, © 2010, The International commission on English in the liturgy.
Scriptures are from the New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, by the national council of Churches of Christ, USA. , //adaptations to conform with Catholic liturgical norms, © 2009, by the same.
[{selected psalms } - ***Psalm verses are (also) taken from “The Psalms: A New Translation” ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.. **]
Prayers of the Faithful are adapted from Robert Borg’s 1993 book “ Together we pray”. Published in Sydney Australia By E.J. Dwyer. (out of print).
{ “Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin” -published 2011, Composed and Sung by Jeffrey M. Ostrowski
Featuring the….Gloria, The Creed, The Kyrie, The Mass parts, Psalms: http://www.ccwatershed.org/chabanel/ ]]] ] COPYRIGHT @ 2018 CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. www.ccwatershed.org/vatican/Ralph_Sherwin_Videos/
“Faith, Hope and Love” theme Hymn: Words, based on 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, set to original music © 1996 by Paul W. Kelly.
For more details please visit http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au/
Contact us at paulwkelly68@gmail.com
Production by Kelly Enterprises Resources.
May God bless and keep you.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C
(Sunday, 17 February 2019)
(EPISODE: 140 )
The Lord be with you.
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As one family in Christ, let us prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries by calling to mind our sins.
Lord Jesus, you are mighty God and Prince of peace. Lord have mercy//
You are Son of God and the Son of Mary. Christ have mercy//
You are Word made flesh, the splendour of the Father. Lord have mercy.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
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Sundays Ordinary VII
Euch Prayer II
Communion side. pwk: RH
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Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
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Memorial Acclamation
Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Sundays Ordinary VII
Euch Prayer II
Communion side. pwk: RH
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Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
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