Our readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time are:
- Jeremiah 31: 7-9
- Psalms 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
- Hebrews 5: 1-6
- Mark 10: 46-52
- Family reunion
- Wars, natural disasters, severe pestilence, all can dislocate peoples from their homes, make refugees and immigrants out of them, make them vulnerable to abuse.
- Have you ever been dislocated? Maybe transferred to a new job, or your job took you to a new city, you suddenly had to pick up and move to take care of a sick relative ...
- How did you adjust to your new surroundings?
- How long did it take before you really fit in, before it felt like home?
- How can we, God's people be more hospitable, more welcoming?
- What has God done for you lately?
- If someone were to ask you why you choose to serve God, what would you say?
- If they then asked you what it costs you to serve God, what would you say?
- And if they ask you whether it's worth it?
- The immanent Jesus
- Jesus is still human. He never shed that part of Himself in death. He knows us, our weaknesses, our strengths better than we know them ourselves. Which can be scary if you think about it.
- If, instead of praying to an invisible God, you and Jesus could go somewhere private, and you could pray to Him face to face, what would change?
- Would you pray more often?
- Would you pray at a different time of day?
- Would you pray for different things?
- Why is that?
- What do you want?
- If Jesus were to ask you "what can I do that would bring you happiness?" what would you say?
- Do you think that Jesus would agree with you that what you desire will bring you happiness?
- Once you received that gift, whatever it might be, how would that change your life?
- Are all of those changes necessarily good?
- Preparation for Reconciliation:
- How has God been faithful to me? How am I returning that faithfulness?
- How has God's great gifts to me made me a better person?
- What do I feel that I need to hide from God?
- Do I have the courage to accept what God has for me?
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