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Today is the day of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops
who have their own books in the Bible, written by St. Paul.
Our priest said Timothy was a timid man, and in the
first reading Paul tells Timothy that God did not give him a
spirit of cowardice. I remember this often when I feel afraid,
and say “Lord, you did not give me this spirit of fear!”
Paul reminds Timothy to “stir into flame the gift of God you received through the imposition of my hands”. Did we not all receive a similar gift through the sacrament of confirmation? So how then does a person go about stirring it into a flame? Paul does remind Timothy to do it, so it is in our power. Timothy went on to be killed by an angry mob for opposing a pagan festival,
and that seems a pretty good sign that he did indeed do
something to fan his gift into a flame. But do we have to wait
until we’re dead to see if we’ve done it? As much as the
apostle Paul had done for the advancement of the faith, he
still went around saying, “I’m not there yet” for a very long time.
The psalm got my attention because it left out verse 9 so I
wanted to know what it was. It hardly seems worth the effort
to leave out one verse and continue after that. Here is what it
said: Worship the Lord in holy attire. So what is holy attire,
and should we worship God in holy attire today, or rather be
clothed in the attitudes pleasing to God? I have often thought
how nice it would be if we were all given holy attire to wear in
church. Something similar to altar server’s clothes. We would
all be wearing the same thing, and no one would argue about
it. And my daughter wouldn’t be sitting behind a young man
with his pants falling down.
In the gospel, scribes insist that Jesus has an unclean spirit,
and He tells them they are committing blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit, the only sin unforgivable. But is it really a sin if they
believed He really did have an unclean spirit? Is it a sin to be
wrong? That doesn’t seem reasonable.
In the gospel of St. Timothy and Titus day, Jesus sends out
the 72. Our priest said Timothy and Titus may have been
part of the 72. Has anyone heard of anyone else we know
who may have been part of the 72? Do you think Jesus wants
anyone today to go out, following the instructions He gave to
the 72? I guess the Jehovah witnesses think it applies to them,
but I haven’t seen anyone healed by a Watchtower.
So what struck you about today’s readings?:bible1:
Today is the day of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops
who have their own books in the Bible, written by St. Paul.
Our priest said Timothy was a timid man, and in the
first reading Paul tells Timothy that God did not give him a
spirit of cowardice. I remember this often when I feel afraid,
and say “Lord, you did not give me this spirit of fear!”
Paul reminds Timothy to “stir into flame the gift of God you received through the imposition of my hands”. Did we not all receive a similar gift through the sacrament of confirmation? So how then does a person go about stirring it into a flame? Paul does remind Timothy to do it, so it is in our power. Timothy went on to be killed by an angry mob for opposing a pagan festival,
and that seems a pretty good sign that he did indeed do
something to fan his gift into a flame. But do we have to wait
until we’re dead to see if we’ve done it? As much as the
apostle Paul had done for the advancement of the faith, he
still went around saying, “I’m not there yet” for a very long time.
The psalm got my attention because it left out verse 9 so I
wanted to know what it was. It hardly seems worth the effort
to leave out one verse and continue after that. Here is what it
said: Worship the Lord in holy attire. So what is holy attire,
and should we worship God in holy attire today, or rather be
clothed in the attitudes pleasing to God? I have often thought
how nice it would be if we were all given holy attire to wear in
church. Something similar to altar server’s clothes. We would
all be wearing the same thing, and no one would argue about
it. And my daughter wouldn’t be sitting behind a young man
with his pants falling down.
In the gospel, scribes insist that Jesus has an unclean spirit,
and He tells them they are committing blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit, the only sin unforgivable. But is it really a sin if they
believed He really did have an unclean spirit? Is it a sin to be
wrong? That doesn’t seem reasonable.
In the gospel of St. Timothy and Titus day, Jesus sends out
the 72. Our priest said Timothy and Titus may have been
part of the 72. Has anyone heard of anyone else we know
who may have been part of the 72? Do you think Jesus wants
anyone today to go out, following the instructions He gave to
the 72? I guess the Jehovah witnesses think it applies to them,
but I haven’t seen anyone healed by a Watchtower.
So what struck you about today’s readings?:bible1: