Geeky Catholic Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2019
Gospel Reading: Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
Highlight: "If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you."
Reflection: This verse doesn't usually stick out to me when I read this Gospel passage, but it did today. It's about wishing peace for people, and really, to wish peace for someone is to love them. Jesus is advising us to love people, even if we don't think they will be receptive to that love. It's not as if we have some limited amount of "love" that we have to use sparingly, giving it to nice people but avoiding those who are unkind. Jesus doesn't tell us to wish peace for the peaceful, but wish pain for the aggressive. We should love and evangelize everyone we meet. And if they are not receptive to us, Jesus assures us that he will give us peace.
Geeky Quote: "Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they." - Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Prayer: God, please give peace and joy to everyone in my life. Amen.
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Highlight: "If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you."
Reflection: This verse doesn't usually stick out to me when I read this Gospel passage, but it did today. It's about wishing peace for people, and really, to wish peace for someone is to love them. Jesus is advising us to love people, even if we don't think they will be receptive to that love. It's not as if we have some limited amount of "love" that we have to use sparingly, giving it to nice people but avoiding those who are unkind. Jesus doesn't tell us to wish peace for the peaceful, but wish pain for the aggressive. We should love and evangelize everyone we meet. And if they are not receptive to us, Jesus assures us that he will give us peace.
Geeky Quote: "Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they." - Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Prayer: God, please give peace and joy to everyone in my life. Amen.
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