tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post4117691685996035330..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: October 30 homily prepThe Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-27909589475711105572016-10-29T20:38:04.010-04:002016-10-29T20:38:04.010-04:00One more thought. What is your favorite place to e...One more thought. What is your favorite place to eat, the mechanic you wouldn't hesitate to recommend, your most special memory of a vacation? We share all of those things. Why don't we share our blessings and gratitude? We all have been blessed. It isn't and shouldn't be a big deal to say/wish others a good day, to say a prayer for others or a prayer for peace. I think that just recognizing each other in some small way might be the invitation for making people feel welcome.<br />Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220339042555287431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-30375021223747005442016-10-29T20:25:23.416-04:002016-10-29T20:25:23.416-04:00Many times I am at the church or school and I want...Many times I am at the church or school and I want to be recognized. I sometimes feel that there are so many things going on at SATG that I am invisible. I know that is not true, but I want to shout out that what I and my cohorts are present. I want people to feel that they can just stop in anywhere any time and have a cup of coffee or pray or share what is important to them. I love my FTH ministry, but have no connection to other ministries and they have no connection to me. Much like sitting in the same pew and eating donuts with the same people every Sunday. The really great thing about the FTH ministry is that we pray together and we share family events and doubts, but beyond that unless we share these things at home or with others they never get a chance to grow or impact others. Not sure I am on topic, but just wanted to share.Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220339042555287431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-40905840316631921302016-10-28T22:24:26.127-04:002016-10-28T22:24:26.127-04:00The description of our culture not supporting our ...The description of our culture not supporting our need to need rings true to me. I'm even thinking of the critical description being given of someone being "needy". It's meant to serve as a warning to run the other way from the person who has the need - supposedly in extreme. <br /><br />In reflecting on this I was moved to also consider that not only did Zaccheus publicly show his need - but Jesus also clearly displayed his want of Zaccheus. How beautiful that is. Our faith teaches us that even before we reach out to God - He first calls us. He thirsts for us. And I think part of the need being described by the Matador, is our need for God's want of us. We need to be wanted - we need to be loved.<br /><br />I am imagining that this, too, describes some of the difficulty of our ability to evangelize. If we do not convey this Christ-like want for others - a holy wanting that is based not on a self-satisfying desire, but on a desire for the "other" for the good of the "other" - then it will be difficult for them to have any need for us as Church. If they sense our criticizing judgement of them (perhaps they've divorced and remarried, or had an abortion, or ... (name the sin); or if they sense that we don't like them because they are "different", then the "unwant" that they feel from us will certainly prompt them to not feel any need for communion with us.<br /><br />Jesus publicly displays his want for Zaccheus. He wants his companionship, he wants his hospitality, he wants to be a part of him - and it inspires in Zaccheus a profound response of need. He realizes he needs to be loved the way only Jesus can love. And as you say, Matador, this is all done in public. What a great inspiration for us in how to be Church!Needs and Wantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-32295622969231301112016-10-28T15:49:46.058-04:002016-10-28T15:49:46.058-04:00"Don't talk Religion or Politics" is..."Don't talk Religion or Politics" is the most destructive phrase to the advancement of Christianity and the welfare of a nation. We must “preach Christ crucified”. We must be Christ. It is our call to humble ourselves, abandon the self, conform our will to that of the Savior. St. John Paul reiterated “Fear Not” which is even more true in today’s anti Catholic culture of death & progressivism. tomnoreply@blogger.com