CẢM NGHIỆM SỐNG LC - BRENDAN -12 SUNDAY-A

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  • Mo Nguyen
    Sat, Jun 20 at 5:07 AM
     
     

    TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A - 21 JUNE 2020

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                           OF WHOM TO BE AFRAID?

     

                REFLECTIONS ON THE GOSPEL (Matthew 10: 26-33)

                                        OF WHOM TO BE AFRAID?

    As a basic human emotion, fear can go two ways. It can be a safeguard and protection. Or it can be a force that cripples and disables. The key thing is to distinguish well-founded fear from that which is illusory or based on deception. A great part of spiritual direction consists in helping people to recognise their fears and see whether they are based on falsehood or reality.

    Today’s Gospel addresses challenges believers face in living out and giving witness to their faith. Ringing through it is the refrain: ‘Do not fear’. Jesus acknowledges that there will be much that will dismay believers and make them afraid. He urges them to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate fear.

    Disciples need not fear persecutors who can only kill the body. Our physical existence is held in God’s hands; we are precious in God’s sight – infinitely more so than sparrows, none of whose falling to the ground escapes divine notice. In all threats, then, we can be confident that God will see them through to eternal life. For disciples, the only truly valid fear is that of falling out of God’s favour. The warning,  ‘Fear him, rather, who can destroy both body and soul in hell’, may refer, then, to those whose evil influence and deception could bring this about.

    God’s only desire is to impart to us eternal life. But we can so alienate ourselves from the outreach of divine love as to face eternal loss. It is of such a consequence that people ought truly to be afraid.

    Brendan Byrne, SJ

     

    Chris Tomlin - Whom Shall I Fear [God of Angel Armies] [Lyrics]:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOkImV2cJDg

     

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    Chúa Đáng Kính Sợ || Nhạc Thánh:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsplrCW2ltg