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Friday 2nd Week Lent
Mepkin Abbey
March 6, 2015
GREAT STORIES OF
RELIGION +++++++++++++++++++
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Great
stories of a religion aim 2 help us penetrate more deeply into the mysteries of
daily life
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They
include suffering of innocent, prosperity of wicked, & seeming indifferent
of G 2 tragedies
JOSEPH’S
BROTHERS & TENANT FARMERS ++++++++
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Today’s
readings involve two great and parallel stories of the Jewish and Christian
faiths
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The
Gospel refers 2 central story of the XTN faith
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It’s
story of suffering, death, & triumph of Jesus
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Here,
it is of course, alluded to in the story of the tenant farmers and the owner’s
son
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Joseph’s
story (not complete here) is so well known that we find ourselves
fast-forwarding it
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We
can see him years later, as result of his bros’ treachery, become most powerful
man in Egypt, where he’s able 2 save his family in famine
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Both
stories tell us more vividly than any theology or philosophy could that God can
bring good, even superlative good, out of human tragedy
BELIEVERS &
NON-BELIEVERS +++++++++++++++++++
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Part
of the faith which distinguishes believers from non-believers & sustains us
in R sorrows, disappointments, worries, & fears is this trust
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It’s
that these negative things in R lives don’t have last word
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Hard
part of faith is hanging on & continuing 2 trust when cancer persists,
tragedies follow 1 another, 2 many relationship sour, & hardship follows
upon hardship
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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It
is thus with its great assurance that the pray with one voice our Eucharistic
acclamation:
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“We proclaim your Death, O Lord,
and profess your Resurrection until you come again.”
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