Luke 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian." When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a return on the ban on U.S. funding for the killing of human embryos and for a greater awareness of how adult stem cells have been used with success.
It seems that in so many places you turn, Christ is being treated the same way today as He was in today's reading. What's worse, I know that there are times in my life where I treat Him this way.
As I think about my lenten sacrifice, I often wonder how much of my sacrifice is more of a "prideful, strong-willed, prove it to myself" act versus a true prayer offering. Is it more of a, "Lord, I have been through this before, so don't worry because I don't need You," versus, "Lord, I unite this sacrifice with Your suffering"?
Lord, You are welcome in this temple always.
Take care and God Bless.
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