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Theo Tigno•
11/21/2006 1:13 pm
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Tuesday, November 21st 2006 |
Luke 19:1-10
At that time Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house." And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for safe travels for those traveling for Thanksgiving.
What if we changed the words of today's reading?
"Zacchaeus, descendant of Abraham. You liar and cheat. You have disgraced the name of your ancestors through your wicked ways. You are not worthy of me."
Christ exercised mercy in His interaction with Zacchaeus.
When I think about my life lately, I'm having a hard time with being merciful to others. I'm having a hard time with forgiveness. Maybe I forgot about today's example of Christ being merciful. Maybe I forgot about praying, "as we forgive those who trespass against us," when praying the Our Father.
Through mercy and forgiveness, Zacchaeus was free to worship Christ and to make all things right. Today, as we think about our own lives, let us thank God for the gift of mercy and forgiveness and let us experience freedom through forgiving ourselves and others. Take care and God Bless.
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