Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Daily HOMILY for August 18, 2017: Friday in the 19th Week of Ordinary Time


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Friday 19th Week in Ordinary Time
August 18, 2017
TS ELIOT #1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø  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 G
Ø  And it’s this deeper communion w/ G that lies behind each Scripture reading today
JOSHUA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø  Joshua in 1st rdg tries 2 persuade Israelites 2 remember all God has done for 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/ God
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  Call: 2B faithful 2 G & each other as G’s been 2 us
Ø  That is, 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 will 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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