7:20 pm

The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, November 7, 2004
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
3 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14
Psalm 17:1,5-6,8,15
2 Thessalonians 2:16--3:5
Luke 20:27-38

A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:

In today's First Reading and in the Gospel we see scriptural reference to the reality of life after death. Belief in an afterlife provides us with a meaningful rational for our present behavior and actions. Without such beliefs we're unaware that the consequences of our decisions, though often serious, go beyond being just temporal. When, however, we consider our actions in light of eternity, human relationships with all the intrinsic suffering that they embrace, take on an entirely different dimension: an eternal one.

In our present culture which is so accustomed to instant gratification and the avoidance of anything difficult, suffering in order to obtain eternal life seems ludicrous except for what we have been graced to know and believe.

Let us pray that God will help us to assess everything in light of eternity and do everything so as to one day enjoy everlasting life in His presence. And as St. Paul says in the Second Reading: "May the Lord rule your hearts in the love of God and the constancy of Christ."

- Donna Raye Nelson, ocds
(drn3rd at hotmail dot com)
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As we talked about a passion for God, a growing awareness of his presence, and a desire to do whatever I can to increase that, I realised that the thing which cultivated this passion in me, was to read and tell stories of Jesus.

This blog provides Daily stories of Jesus - some straight from various translations of the gospels, I hope about once a week- a re-told story. I find that the more I hear stories of Jesus , and the more we hear them, the more I discover what it means for us to have a passion for Jesus in our lives, and an deeper involvement with him.

As I ponder the stories I post, I am finding more and more that things hit me a few days later. What better to occupy my mind than stories of Jesus.

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