August 16, 2013

TS ELIOT #1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø I remember reading poems & of T.S. Eliot in college

Ø Most of us have read something he wrote

Ø In one poem, Eliot writes this:

Ø “Old men ought to be explorers

Ø Here and there does not matter

Ø We must be still and still moving

Ø Into another intensity

Ø For another union, a deeper communion”

TS ELIOT #2 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø Let me just repeat that

Ø “Old men ought to be explorers

Ø Here and there does not matter

Ø We must be still and still moving

Ø Into another intensity

Ø For another union, a deeper communion”

A DEEPER JOURNEY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø Eliot’s point isn’t just about senior citizens

Ø About each of us–as get older each year, each day

Ø We’re 2B moving into deeper communion with God

Ø And it’s this deeper communion w/ G that lies behind each Scripture reading today

JOSHUA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø Joshua in 1^st rdg tries 2 persuade Israelites 2 remember all God’s done 4 them in past

Ø And remembering that, they’re 2 make good choices in present moment

Ø I.e. they’re 2 live out communion w/ G

Ø Living out of that, they’ll find strength 2 make good lifestyle choices

Ø And doing that, very communion w/ G will become deeper

GOSPEL OF MATTHEW ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø J in gospel calls 4 faithfulness: faithfulness in marriage 2 one’s spouse, or faithfulness in life of celibacy to one’s commitment to G

Ø Calls us 2B faithful 2 G & 1 another as G’s been 2 us

Ø I.e we’re 2 live out of R communion w/ G

Ø In living out of that, we’ll find strength 2B faithful

Ø & doing that, R comm w/ G’ll become deeper

CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø This, of course, is what Eucharist is all about: R comm w/ G, deepening of that comm & strength 2 live out of that

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