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Mo NguyenTWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B
22nd AUGUST 2021
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD
MAKING DECISIONS
MAKING DECISIONS (John 6: 60 – 69)
In the lives of us all there are moments when we have to make decisions – decisions which will radically shape our future. When Joshua gathered all the people of Israel to the shrine of Shechem it was a moment of decision. Having finally taken possession of their own land, the risk was that they would be assimilated into the religious culture of the people that surrounded them. An even greater danger was that of forgetting the God who had made all this possible. Joshua saw that the time had come for the people of Israel to choose.
In a similar fashion, as Jesus concludes the bread of life discourse, his disciples and his contemporaries are challenged to decide where their allegiance lies. While Jesus’ words are a scandal for even some of the disciples, the Twelve, through Peter, decide that Jesus’ message is truly life-giving and that it comes from God.
The decision which is envisaged in the second reading is that married couples decide to model their relationship on the love that Jesus has shown in giving up his life for us all. The regulation of relationships in households found here is clearly coloured by its first century context and its language of submission can give the modern reader a jolt. Despite this there are reciprocal demands made on both spouses to model their love on that of Jesus who gave his life for us all.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
Psalm 19: Lord, You have the words :- By Michael Joncas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fWcGe7wzd4
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