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Theo Tigno•
8/29/2011 2:55 pm
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Tuesday, August 30th 2011 |
Luke 4: 31-37
Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth" Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
Dawg's Thought:
Today's prayer intention - for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
"You are the Holy One of God" ...
I like dabbling in songwriting. As a writer, I try to be deliberate about the words that I write. One of the things that I try to do is think about whether the words that are being written are merely written out of sentimentality or if it is written from a place that honors Jesus in both His divinity and His humanity.
When I heard that there is going to be a new English translation for the mass text, I wondered why they were doing it.
I heard a speaker on this recently on the radio and he talked about how the new translation may not be as "conversational" as we speak among peers. Instead, the text now communicates as though you're in the presence of the Divine.
Hearing made me wonder about the way we approach God? Are we more comfortable with a "domesticated" Jesus, simply wanting to relate to Him in a "humanity" level versus as a "Divine" being? Is our disposition to Jesus similar to our prayers, seeking only a human "relationship" with a God Who makes demons tremble?
I had a conversation recently with a man who wanted to know why Catholics go to confession. In our discussion, he kept telling me that he loves the fact that he can go straight to Jesus and talk to Him and tell Him that He is sorry. I responded that Catholics can do that too; in fact, I do it all the time. Just because I go to Confession, it doesn't mean that I do not pray directly to Him.
Jesus gave us the gift to be absolved from our sins through the Apostles and through their successors. In a way, then, going to the sacrament of Confession honors Jesus and His dominion and His blessing and anointing.
From what I have experienced as well is that it is how we encounter Jesus as Human (through the priest and his words) and Divine (having the faith that it is Christ working through the priest).
The world needs to know that Jesus Christ is "Human" as well as "Divine". They need to know this through the way we pray and through the way we live our lives.
There is something about His word, indeed! Take care and God Bless.
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