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Theo Tigno•
3/11/2005 11:38 am
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Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent |
Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22
The wicked said among themselves,
thinking not aright:
"Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us;
he sets himself against our doings,
Reproaches us for transgressions of the law
and charges us with violations of our training.
He professes to have knowledge of God
and styles himself a child of the LORD.
To us he is the censure of our thoughts;
merely to see him is a hardship for us,
Because his life is not like that of others,
and different are his ways.
He judges us debased;
he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He calls blest the destiny of the just
and boasts that God is his Father.
Let us see whether his words be true;
let us find out what will happen to him.
For if the just one be the son of God, he will defend him
and deliver him from the hand of his foes.
With revilement and torture let us put him to the test
that we may have proof of his gentleness
and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death;
for according to his own words, God will take care of him."
These were their thoughts, but they erred;
for their wickedness blinded them,
and they knew not the hidden counsels of God;
neither did they count on a recompense of holiness
nor discern the innocent souls' reward.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention: Bryce, now 5 and Colin, now 2, were born not producing any hemoglobin. Both boys had transfusions as infants and neither had any serious challenges with their blood after about 6 months of age.
In the last few weeks Colin's hemoglobin production has essentially halted. They are giving him a blood transfusion now. This whole situation is laden with risks. One of the risks of transfusing him is that he might "forget" how produce the hemoglobin and become transfusion dependent. (Not to mention all the inherent risks of using a blood product from an unknown donor) Not transfusing him could be fatal.
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Last night I was reminded about from The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis: Satan wants to trick us into doing evil by trying to convince us that we are doing good. I cannot think of anyone who chooses to do evil. Rather, they choose to do what they think is right, and often times Satan skews this.
Today's reading we hear of the foreshadowing of Christ in the Book of Wisdom in the Old Testament. When we think of the scene that put Christ on a cross, it was a scene of people who were confused because they thought they were doing right. St. Paul made the same mistake in persecuting Christians.
This is why we must arm ourselves with the knowledge of God's ways. We must remain faithful to The Most Holy Scriptures. We must continue to grow in knowledge of our Christian tradition. Most of all, we must practice obedience and humility in all things, to increase these virtue in our everyday lives. Take care and God Bless.
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