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Saturday 33rd Week OT
Dominican Retreat House
November 22, 2014
JUSTICE BEING SERVED
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The
Hebrew People noticed repeatedly in their history that God’s justice was not by
any means always served in this world
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They
came to believe, by the time of Jesus, that there was an afterworld in which
all was righted
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Part
of that belief, of course, was belief in resurrection
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Justice
cries out for another life
JUSTICE IN THE READINGS
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The
2 mysterious witnesses or prophets in the 1st reading R vindicated &
raised 2 heaven
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Resurrection,
such an irreplaceable element in XTN belief, & wasn’t accepted by Sadducees
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However,
was accepted by Pharisees & other Jews and so we see this conflict of
belief expressed in the Gospel
JUSTICE IN OUR LIVES
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In
R day 2 many think Resurrection sounds like fairy tale that they share
Sadducees’ concentration on this life w/ Resurrection as wishful thinking
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Others
seem 2 think it detracts from the energy & dedication we should give 2 this
present life
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No
matter how we try 2 live well in present, sad fact remains, many elements of
present life R not unsatisfactory, but horrible 4 many people
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R
we 2 speak 2 them some nobility in living this present, we who often have safety
& comfort?
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There
R many in R world & around us who don’t & will not have satisfying or
full lives
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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The
triumph of Christ over horror of crucifixion assures us that fulfillment & happiness
R not only 4 us healthy & probably middle and upper middle class suburbanites
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But
4 starving, persecuted, mentally and physically challenged, the long-suffering
victims of disease, & many others
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We
trust in the Lord not only 4 R own Resurrection, but for all those suffering
people
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