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Thursday 2nd Week Lent
St. Luke’s Institute
March 5, 2015
JEREMIAH & THE
HUMAN HEART ++++++++++++++++
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“More tortuous than all else is
the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it?”
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This
is one of those saying which almost requires us to throw up our hands as we it
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Who
can understand the human heart? How can
I understand my human heart?
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To
get a better grasp on it I checked the NEB translation: “The heart is the most deceitful of all things, desperately sick”
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Then
checked word “tortuous” & found “Marked
by repeated turns or bends; winding, twisting” – now I was getting words to
my own experience!
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There
R times in my life, when I don’t feel this way, but at sometime I am going to
experience my own complicated and shifting heart
PAUL & THE HUMAN
HEART ++++++++++++++++++++
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St.
Paul speaks in Romans of how he – & all of us – at times does what he
doesn’t want 2 do
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Self-knowledge
& experience of living show us how “tortuous,” mysterious & incomprehensible
R R thoughts & desires in/outside the enclosure
OUR HUMAN HEART ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Often
know what we should/shouldn’t do, but knowing seems to have no effect
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This
tension involves everything from selecting 2 much cholesterol-filled foods or
sweets to entertaining fantasies or harboring grudges
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We
know what’s bad, yet risk walking into temptation w/ full knowledge
LAZARUS’ BROTHERS +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Gospel:
rich man thinks that return of 1 from dead will shake up bros 2 avoid his fate
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Abraham
says, “They’ve Moses & prophets &
:., all necessary knowledge 2 act according 2 G’s will.”
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We
have scriptures, sacraments, & presence & power of Lord active here at
Mass
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Shouldn’t
these help straighten out R own complex hearts?
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Sad
truth we learn fr story of Lazarus is if people can’t act on this knowledge,
they won’t B changed by seeing someone rise from the dead!
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