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bobperk
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I am committing myself to the holy and pious endeavor of invoking the special intercession of St. Timothy every day during the Synod on Youth and Discernment. I have chosen to pray to St. Timothy for several reasons:
“I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings.” (2 Tim 4:1-3)
" O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge, for by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith." (1 Tim 6:20-21)
St. Timothy, pray for us.
- While a large presence in the New Testament, we do not seem to invoke St. Timothy in prayer very often. This intention gives us the chance to call upon the name of a different Saint.
- St. Timothy was made a bishop and therefore is a perfect Saint to guide the bishops during the synod
- St. Timothy was a trusted companion of St. Paul and very likely co-authored several of St. Paul’s epistles.
- St. Paul referred to St. Timothy as “young,” going so far as to tell him, “Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” (1 Timothy 4:12). Being an example of purity is especially crucial, since this synod will include topics of sexual morality which, according to the synod working document, the polled youth would like the church to update and change.
- Most importantly, St. Paul tasked St. Timothy with guarding against false teachers:
“I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings.” (2 Tim 4:1-3)
" O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge, for by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith." (1 Tim 6:20-21)
St. Timothy, pray for us.