COMMENT:
15TH SUNDAY
Gospel Mark 6:7-13.
Homily of Fr. William MMM; most important message was 'the sandal'.
The Homily for our Mass gave the most important message of Jesus was about the "the staff".
I am still looking for the mystic significance "in this Life, she finds our operating, conquering, triumphant Will".
Later 15th Sunday view of Youtubes. ...
Mark 6:7-13 Jesus Needs Help - Homily Sunday 2015-07-12
2015-07-10
Prior Christian Leisy, OSB, Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu, New Mexico
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, July 12, 2015
Scripture Readings: Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14, Gospel of Mark 6:7-13
In the field of athletic competition there is normally a coach behind every good team. The coach or trainer says what needs to be done in order to win. The team takes heeds and strives to do what is being asked.
Similarly, the Lord indicates in the Gospel how he wants to organize his team of followers and instructs them about succeeding in the spiritual realm, especially combating the spirit of evil and adhering completely to God.
Like a good coach, the Lord gathers and gives clear instructions. He indicates as well that some things, such as money, external appearances, food and the like, are not what life is all about. In fact they are of little value in comparison with acquiring a place in God's Kingdom.
A good coach also tells his team to be realistic, to keep their feet on the ground and to do their best. The Lord says the same using a comparison of wearing sandals and carrying a walking stick, keeping things to a minimum so as not to be bogged down.
In modern terms, it might be something along the lines of not worrying about Gucci shoes when simple sandals will do just as well. The image is actually not about brand names, but a reminder to be alert and on the go, ready to follow where God leads and never being attached to one way of doing things.
What the Lord teaches is first disciples is of course words for us as well regarding the proper attitude toward material things if we wish to be free in working for good and fighting against evil.
The Lord is giving an important instruction worth hearing over and again; namely, that there is more to life than often meets the eye. We are accustomed in the human realm to give a lot of value to what is material.
Jesus teaches that there are more important aspects for going to God and for conquering whatever is opposed to God's ways in the world.
In order to redeem us, God took on our human condition and reality in the person of Jesus Christ, who suffered and died for us, that we might live in him. For us the important thing is drawing near to immortal life in Christ in this journey through life.
The image of walking in God's ways is taken up in Jesus' image of followers in sandals walking the earth and the inevitable retaining of dust they pass over, but readily shaking off what is not of God.
We all must live in the midst of trial and distress, yet are never to be overcome by it. We also need to be sensitive to the sorrow of others along the same path, enduring with them the heat of day, the cold of night, and learn how to walk with them and how to wait and to hope. "Saber esperar," as they say in Spanish, that is, to know how to wait, but equally meaning to know how to hope.
Our walking stride through life should make us recall the blind as well. Perhaps the walking stick is a reminder of this. The blind usually need some form of extension, such as a walking stick, to help them perceive and to stay on the path. We too need such help from God and others.
To save us Jesus was not content to merely speak words, but to live them to the full. In taking on our humanity, Jesus experienced firsthand our reality, of limitations, of anguish, of experiences, as one of us. Christ's shining example of giving all to do God's will is a model for us as well.
The Lord explained in regards to his mission that sometimes the message would be received with joy and at other times completely rejected. That shouldn't surprise us. This is because salvation in Christ is not imposed or forced, by freely offered as a gift. With free well, people always have the capacity to reject the gift or embrace it.
Think of the example of Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus' twelve apostles, who rejected the offer of fidelity to the Lord. Some of the religious leaders at the time of Jesus wanted to accept, and others of no particular position, received the message with joy.
So also today, some chose to heed the Lord's call and others do not. People who do are often ridiculed or persecuted. It is a risk to believe in good and put it into practice.
Jesus said, "When they reject you, shake the dust from your sandals in protest." Might this mean that the light of the Gospel is to burn in one's conscience so that God's ways triumph in the world and what is not of God is to be soundly rejected? Speaking and doing good are a constant challenge but never to be given up on.
The disciples sent out eventually returned to Jesus and recount their experiences. When we "return to the Lord" in the celebration of the sacraments of the Church and in prayer, we need to bring our experiences to the Lord and ask for new strength to understand how we are to act.
We are called to be on fire for the things of God, even in the face of contradiction or opposition in our daily life, believing the Lord bestows grace to assist us in the daily call of living for God.
If things at home or in community are not going so well, if relations with others are off kilter, if paths taken seem to be dead ends, if we sense that evil is not being overcome, we still need to bring to the Lord our experiences each day. And if with our words and deeds we seem to be helping others, we rejoice to live the Christian experience and to be seeing some results.
If a car is never taken to the gas station for refueling, it will not properly function as a car. Similarly, followers of Christ are to cultivate God's life within by a life of prayer, participation in the sacraments of the Church and doing good to others. Otherwise we are only half alive or spiritually dead.
We want to cultivate God's life within and not fail in the ability to fight against evil and do what is right.
When we celebrate the Sunday or daily Eucharist, Holy Mass, the Lord offers anew the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with God in making known the ways of the Lord in the world. The simple gifts of bread and wine remind us of God's coming in daily, hidden, yet real ways. And this is part of the light for our path. Living "in Christ," as Saint Paul calls it.
May gathering together with others to celebrate the Mystery of Faith, the Holy Eucharist, and a life of prayer, fill us with energy to be instruments of God in the life of others and in ourselves, productive followers of Christ in the spread of Christ's message and presence in the world today.
Prior Christian Leisy, OSB, Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu, New Mexico
Scripture Readings: Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14, Gospel of Mark 6:7-13
In the field of athletic competition there is normally a coach behind every good team. The coach or trainer says what needs to be done in order to win. The team takes heeds and strives to do what is being asked.
Similarly, the Lord indicates in the Gospel how he wants to organize his team of followers and instructs them about succeeding in the spiritual realm, especially combating the spirit of evil and adhering completely to God.
Like a good coach, the Lord gathers and gives clear instructions. He indicates as well that some things, such as money, external appearances, food and the like, are not what life is all about. In fact they are of little value in comparison with acquiring a place in God's Kingdom.
A good coach also tells his team to be realistic, to keep their feet on the ground and to do their best. The Lord says the same using a comparison of wearing sandals and carrying a walking stick, keeping things to a minimum so as not to be bogged down.
In modern terms, it might be something along the lines of not worrying about Gucci shoes when simple sandals will do just as well. The image is actually not about brand names, but a reminder to be alert and on the go, ready to follow where God leads and never being attached to one way of doing things.
What the Lord teaches is first disciples is of course words for us as well regarding the proper attitude toward material things if we wish to be free in working for good and fighting against evil.
The Lord is giving an important instruction worth hearing over and again; namely, that there is more to life than often meets the eye. We are accustomed in the human realm to give a lot of value to what is material.
Jesus teaches that there are more important aspects for going to God and for conquering whatever is opposed to God's ways in the world.
In order to redeem us, God took on our human condition and reality in the person of Jesus Christ, who suffered and died for us, that we might live in him. For us the important thing is drawing near to immortal life in Christ in this journey through life.
The image of walking in God's ways is taken up in Jesus' image of followers in sandals walking the earth and the inevitable retaining of dust they pass over, but readily shaking off what is not of God.
We all must live in the midst of trial and distress, yet are never to be overcome by it. We also need to be sensitive to the sorrow of others along the same path, enduring with them the heat of day, the cold of night, and learn how to walk with them and how to wait and to hope. "Saber esperar," as they say in Spanish, that is, to know how to wait, but equally meaning to know how to hope.
Our walking stride through life should make us recall the blind as well. Perhaps the walking stick is a reminder of this. The blind usually need some form of extension, such as a walking stick, to help them perceive and to stay on the path. We too need such help from God and others.
To save us Jesus was not content to merely speak words, but to live them to the full. In taking on our humanity, Jesus experienced firsthand our reality, of limitations, of anguish, of experiences, as one of us. Christ's shining example of giving all to do God's will is a model for us as well.
The Lord explained in regards to his mission that sometimes the message would be received with joy and at other times completely rejected. That shouldn't surprise us. This is because salvation in Christ is not imposed or forced, by freely offered as a gift. With free well, people always have the capacity to reject the gift or embrace it.
Think of the example of Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus' twelve apostles, who rejected the offer of fidelity to the Lord. Some of the religious leaders at the time of Jesus wanted to accept, and others of no particular position, received the message with joy.
So also today, some chose to heed the Lord's call and others do not. People who do are often ridiculed or persecuted. It is a risk to believe in good and put it into practice.
Jesus said, "When they reject you, shake the dust from your sandals in protest." Might this mean that the light of the Gospel is to burn in one's conscience so that God's ways triumph in the world and what is not of God is to be soundly rejected? Speaking and doing good are a constant challenge but never to be given up on.
The disciples sent out eventually returned to Jesus and recount their experiences. When we "return to the Lord" in the celebration of the sacraments of the Church and in prayer, we need to bring our experiences to the Lord and ask for new strength to understand how we are to act.
We are called to be on fire for the things of God, even in the face of contradiction or opposition in our daily life, believing the Lord bestows grace to assist us in the daily call of living for God.
If things at home or in community are not going so well, if relations with others are off kilter, if paths taken seem to be dead ends, if we sense that evil is not being overcome, we still need to bring to the Lord our experiences each day. And if with our words and deeds we seem to be helping others, we rejoice to live the Christian experience and to be seeing some results.
If a car is never taken to the gas station for refueling, it will not properly function as a car. Similarly, followers of Christ are to cultivate God's life within by a life of prayer, participation in the sacraments of the Church and doing good to others. Otherwise we are only half alive or spiritually dead.
We want to cultivate God's life within and not fail in the ability to fight against evil and do what is right.
When we celebrate the Sunday or daily Eucharist, Holy Mass, the Lord offers anew the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with God in making known the ways of the Lord in the world. The simple gifts of bread and wine remind us of God's coming in daily, hidden, yet real ways. And this is part of the light for our path. Living "in Christ," as Saint Paul calls it.
May gathering together with others to celebrate the Mystery of Faith, the Holy Eucharist, and a life of prayer, fill us with energy to be instruments of God in the life of others and in ourselves, productive followers of Christ in the spread of Christ's message and presence in the world today.
Prior Christian Leisy, OSB, Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu, New Mexico
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COMMENT:
15TH SUNDAY
Gospel Mark 6:7-13.
Homily of Fr. William MMM; most important message was 'the sandal'.
The Homily for our Mass gave the most important message of Jesus was about the "the staff".
I am still looking for the mystic significance "in this Life, she finds our operating, conquering, triumphant Will".
Later 15th Sunday view of Youtubes. ...
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One who lives in the Divine Will pronounces his Fiat in every act he does and forms many divine lives. The difference between living in the Divine Will and being resigned to it. ......
Fiat!
April 20, 1938
How Jesus on the cross still cries to every heart "I thirst". How the true Resurrection consists in rising in the Divine Will. How nothing is denied to one who lives in It.
My flight in the Divine Will continues and I feel the need to make all that It has done my own, placing there my little love, my loving kisses, my deep adoration, and my 'thank you' for everything It did - everything It suffered, for me and for all. As I reached the point at which my dear Jesus was crucified and lifted on the cross in atrocious agonies and unspeakable pains, with heartbreaking tenderness and compassion He told me: "My good daughter! The pain that most transfixed me on the cross was my ardent thirst. I felt I was burning alive since all the vital humors had gone out through my wounds, which were burning and wanted to quench, like many mouths, their terrible thirst. I just couldn't contain myself anymore, so I shouted: 'I thirst!'.
"I THIRST"
This, 'I thirst', remained and is always in the act of saying: 'I thirst!' I never stop saying it. With my open wounds, with my burnt lips, I am always repeating: 'I am burning - I thirst! Please, Give me a little drop of your love to soothe my ardent thirst.'
In everything the creature does I keep repeating with my mouth, opened and burned: 'Let me drink. I'm burning of thirst.' My dislocated and wounded Humanity had only one cry: 'I thirst!' Therefore, as the creature walks, I shout to her steps with my dry mouth, 'give me your steps - done for love of me, to quench my thirst.' If she works, I ask for her works - made only for love of me, to cool my burning thirst; if she speaks, I ask for her words; if she thinks, I ask for her thoughts - as many little drops to refresh my ardent thirst. It wasn't just my mouth that was burning, but all my Most Holy Humanity felt the urgent need of a refreshing bath for the ardent fire of love that burned within me; and since it was for the creatures that I was burning in excruciating pains, only creatures, with their love, could quench my ardent thirst and give to my Humanity a refreshing bath. Now, I left this cry: 'I thirst!' inside my Will and I made the commitment to make the creatures hear it over and over again - to move them to compassion for my burning thirst; to give them my bath of love and receive theirs - though being just little drops - to quench my devouring thirst. But who is listening to me? Who has compassion for me? Only the one who lives in my Will. All the others play deaf and even increase my thirst with their ingratitude - making me restless and with no hope of refreshment.
And not only my 'I thirst', but all that I did and said in my Will, is always in the act of saying to my sorrowful Mother: 'Mother, here are your children.' I place her at their side as help and guide, to be loved by her children; every instant She feels Her own Son close to all the children. Oh! how much She loves them giving them her Maternity, to make Myself loved as She loves me. Not only this, but by offering her Maternity she offers perfection also among creatures, so that they love each other with maternal love, which is a constant, sacrificing, unselfish love. But who receives all this good? Only the one who lives in our Fiat feels the Maternity of the Queen. She feeds her children with her Maternal Heart, to let them suck and receive the maternity of her love, her sweetness, and all the riches of her Maternal Heart.
My daughter, one who wants to find me - who wants to receive all our goods and my very Mother, must enter our Will and remain there. Our Will is not only our life, but It forms around us - with Its immensity - our house, in which It keeps all our acts, words and being, always in action. Our things never get out of our Will; one who wants It can only live together with It, and then she possesses everything - nothing is denied. If we give our things to one who is not living in our Will, she will neither appreciate them, nor love them; she won't feel the right to make them his own, and when things are not possessed, love does not arise - it dies."
RESURRECTION FIAT
After this, I continued my round in all that Our Lord did on earth and I stopped in the act of Resurrection. What triumph, what glory. Heaven poured Itself on earth to be spectator of such a great glory. My beloved Jesus said: "My daughter, in my Resurrection, the right was given to creatures to rise again in me to new life. It was the confirmation, the seal of my whole life, my works and my words. If I came on earth it was to give to each and every one my Resurrection, as their own - to give them life and make them rise again in my own Resurrection. But do you want to know where is the real resurrection of the creature? Not in the end of her days, but while she is still living on earth. One who lives in my Will rises again to light and says: 'my night is over.' She rises again in the love of her Creator, so that there is no more cold or snow for her, but the smile of the Heavenly Spring; she rises again to sanctity, which puts in rushed flight all weaknesses, miseries and passions; she rises again to all that is Heaven, and if she looks at the earth, Heaven and Sun, she does it to find the works of her Creator - to take the opportunity to narrate to Him His glory and His long love story.
After this, I continued my round in all that Our Lord did on earth and I stopped in the act of Resurrection. What triumph, what glory. Heaven poured Itself on earth to be spectator of such a great glory. My beloved Jesus said: "My daughter, in my Resurrection, the right was given to creatures to rise again in me to new life. It was the confirmation, the seal of my whole life, my works and my words. If I came on earth it was to give to each and every one my Resurrection, as their own - to give them life and make them rise again in my own Resurrection. But do you want to know where is the real resurrection of the creature? Not in the end of her days, but while she is still living on earth. One who lives in my Will rises again to light and says: 'my night is over.' She rises again in the love of her Creator, so that there is no more cold or snow for her, but the smile of the Heavenly Spring; she rises again to sanctity, which puts in rushed flight all weaknesses, miseries and passions; she rises again to all that is Heaven, and if she looks at the earth, Heaven and Sun, she does it to find the works of her Creator - to take the opportunity to narrate to Him His glory and His long love story.
Therefore, one who lives in my Will can say, as the Angel said to the holy women on the way to the sepulcher, 'He is risen. He is not here any more.' One who lives in my Will can also say, 'my will is not with me any longer - it is risen again in the Fiat.' And if the circumstances of life, opportunities and sufferings surround the creature, as if they were looking for her will, she can answer: 'my will is risen again, it is not in my power anymore. I possess, in exchange, the Divine Will, and I want to cover with Its light all things around me - circumstances and sufferings, to make them like many divine conquests.' The soul who lives in our Will finds life in the acts of her Jesus, and as always, in this Life, she finds our operating, conquering, triumphant Will. She gives us so much glory that Heaven cannot contain it. Therefore, live always in our Will - never leave it, if you want to be our triumph and our glory."
Fiat!
April 26, 1938
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How Benedict saw the whole world represented before his eyes.
His aristocratic family sent him to Rome to study, that he never complete. It attracts the monastic life, but his initial plans fail. For some people it is a saint, but some people do not understand it and fight it. Some scoundrels robed abbot and then they want to try to poison him. In Italy the Byzantines tear to the Goths, with years of war, a land ravaged by hunger, disease and terror.Moreover, in Gaul succession to the throne they are resolved in the family with the murder.
"We should ask ourselves to what excesses he would push the people of the Middle Ages, if he had not raised this voice big and sweet." He says in the twentieth century historian Jacques Le Goff. And the voice of Benedict begins to be felt from Montecassino to the 529. It has created a monastery with men in harmony with him, that refer liveable those lands. Year after year, that's fields, orchards, vegetable gardens, the laboratory ... Here we begin to renew the world: here become equal and brothers "Latin" and "barbarians", former pagans and former Arians, former slaves and former masters of slaves. Now all are one, the same law, the same rights, the same respect. Here ends the antiquity, at the hands of Benedict. His monasticism does not flee the world. Serving God and the world in prayer and work.
It radiates examples all around with its legal system founded on three points: stability, so in his monasteries entering to stay there; compliance time (prayer, work, rest), with whom Benedict reassesses the time as an asset to not squander ever. The spirit of brotherhood, finally, encourages and cheers obedience: there is the authority of the abbot, but Benedict, with his deep knowledge of man, taught to exercise it "with great vocals and sweet".
The founder given to new times what they vaguely expected. There were already so many monasteries in Europe before him. But with him the monastic refuge become monasticism-action. His rule is not Italian: it is now the European Union, because it adapts to all.
Two centuries after his death, will be more than a thousand monasteries guided by his Rule (but we do not know for sure if he will be the first author. As we continue to be uncertain on the year of his death at Monte Cassino). Pope Gregory the Great has dedicated a book of his Dialogues, but only to edification, neglecting many important details.
In the book, however, there is an expression recurring: visitors Benedict - kings, monks, farmers - often find it " intent to read. " Even the monks study and learn. The monastery is not a simple association of scholars for the recovery of the classics: the study is running dell'evangelizzare. But this work also makes it a haven of culture in the time of the big blind.
Author: Domenico Agasso