So let's talk about today's readings 11/4/09

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Reading 1
Rom 13:8-10

Brothers and sisters:
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another;
for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, You shall not commit adultery;
you shall not kill;
you shall not steal;
you shall not covet
,
and whatever other commandment there may be,
are summed up in this saying, namely,
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Love does no evil to the neighbor;
hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9

R. ( 5a) Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in his commands.
His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
the upright generation shall be blessed.
R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He dawns through the darkness, a light for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and just.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice.
R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Lavishly he gives to the poor;
his generosity shall endure forever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.
R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
Lk 14:25-33

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?
Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work
the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
and decide whether with ten thousand troops
he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
In the same way,
everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.”
 
“Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another;”
– and we do seem to owe love. If someone does something nice for us, we
want to return the favor. If I do something nice, I am offended if someone wants to
pay me. We owe people a phone call, we owe them a visit. We owe people
an explanation because we owe them love. Wouldn’t it be funny if we said to a
salesman, I can’t buy that today, but you have my love. Especially organizations.
They make you feel like you owe them money to prove you want to be nice. Jesus
once said “give to all who ask of you”, but did they have organizations back then?

"Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need."
– without expecting anything back, of course. and then there is the person who
borrows, then has the money to repay, but decides not to. He decides to spend
it on something else instead, with no thought to the person who lent him the
money. At this point, the lender is often offended, and comes down with a bad
attitude against the borrower. Yet isn’t this what we do to God? We have
nothing. Nothing at all. God gives us something, and we use it for ourselves.
After all, God isn’t expecting anything in return, right? Then we have the money
to “repay” God, and we decide to use it on restaurants, vacations, internet and
cable, and any variety of items that we want, but don’t necessarily need. Well,
we have a right to enjoy the fruits of our labor don’t we? Yet we should always
think up how we can “repay” God.

"everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.” "
–So does this mean we keep all our possessions while with our words say that
they are not important to us?

Today is the day of St. Charles Borromeo
– His name strikes me today since lending was mentioned, and his name makes
me think of a jolly man who likes to borrow things.

So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents:
 
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