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In 2014, I am facilitating a 12-week interactive online course in contemplative prayer and action for priests with Saint Luke Institute. Please visit SLIconnect.org to learn more: https://www.sliconnect.org/product/living-god-program-contemplative-life-2/
In 2014, I am facilitating a 12-week interactive online course in contemplative prayer and action for priests with Saint Luke Institute. Please visit SLIconnect.org to learn more: https://www.sliconnect.org/product/living-god-program-contemplative-life-2/
Wednesday 5th
Week of Lent
St. Luke’s Institute
April 9, 2014
TV’s TRUTH OR
CONSEQUENCES ++++++++++++++++++
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Eons ago, Truth
or Consequences was one of the most popular game shows on TV
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Contestants guessed the answers to trivia
questions, inevitably got them wrong, and had to pay the “consequences”
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The consequences were performing outrageously
entertaining stunts for which they would win prizes
GOSPEL’S TRUTH OR
CONSEQUENCES +++++++++++++
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Today’s Gospel deals with truth or consequences
of a more serious nature
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Jesus declares that being his disciple helps you
know truth
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And the consequence of this “truth” is you’ll be
set free
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The consequence of being of the world, of
course, is being enslaved in the restrictive confines of sin
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But Jesus’ audience has a hard time grasping
this concept
THEY HAVE THE WRONG
MODEL +++++++++++++++++
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For a people liberated from literal slavery,
being free meant simply not being shackled in very real chains, being out from
under the whips of Egypt
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But J/ challenges them from slavery to the law
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It seems clear that many of the people who first
heard Jesus’ message were also slaves to literal thinking & precise
fulfillment of letter of the law
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They just didn’t “get” his shift to discipleship
& freedom from the law
DO WE “GET” IT? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Do we?
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As we journey through Lent, it’s a good question
to ask ourselves
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And it’s good to let Jesus challenge us too
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Challenge us to look more closely at the chains
that make us slaves to our own doubts, ambitions, or appetites
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What sorts of sins enslave us?
CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Finding the answer to that question can lead us
to a deeper truth of discipleship – and, by God’s grace, better consequences
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