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As you may know, there is always a common theme between the first readings of the Mass (non-Gospel Scriptures) and the Gospel… (i was raised Catholic and then catechized myself about 10 yrs ago… yet didn’t know this until fairly recently…
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wondering if you have any comments about the meaning of today’s readings?
Ephesians 1:1-10:
“Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. In Christ we have redemption by his Blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in Heaven and on Earth.”
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St. Luke 11:47-54:**
The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestros, for they killed them and you do the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, i tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood! Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say."
The common theme (one of them) is the shedding of blood of God’s chosen ones.
Also, someone could get Predestination out of that (bolded) part… but it seems the passage is referring to those first apostles of the Church… because in tomorrow’s readings, it speaks of those who “first hoped in Christ”… (Ephesians 1:11-14), although, obviously, God wants all of us to be “holy and without blemish”…
Also, the hostility with which the Pharisees (etc) dealt with Jesus… confirms His later words that His followers would be (for speaking truth) “hated by all…”
)wondering if you have any comments about the meaning of today’s readings?
Ephesians 1:1-10:
“Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. In Christ we have redemption by his Blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in Heaven and on Earth.”
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St. Luke 11:47-54:**
The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestros, for they killed them and you do the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, i tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood! Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say."
The common theme (one of them) is the shedding of blood of God’s chosen ones.
Also, someone could get Predestination out of that (bolded) part… but it seems the passage is referring to those first apostles of the Church… because in tomorrow’s readings, it speaks of those who “first hoped in Christ”… (Ephesians 1:11-14), although, obviously, God wants all of us to be “holy and without blemish”…
Also, the hostility with which the Pharisees (etc) dealt with Jesus… confirms His later words that His followers would be (for speaking truth) “hated by all…”
