CẢM NGHIỆM SÓNG LC - CHRISTOPHER

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    Mo Nguyen
     

                                                                         TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B

                                                                                                      26 SEPTEMBER 2021

     

     

                       SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY AND GENEROSITY

     

                                                                                               BREAKING OPEN THE WORD

                                                                                  SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY AND GENEROSITY

                                                                                                (Mark 9: 38-43, 45, 47-48)

    The proper use of spiritual authority is treated in today’s readings where both Israel’s elders and Jesus’ disciples are called to generosity of spirit. The elders have had a brief taste of sharing in Moses’ prophetic ministry but it has passed. Upset by the fact that Eldad and Medad are prophesying when they cannot, leads them to ask Moses to intervene.

    The scenario is somewhat different for the disciples but both the elders and the disciples saw themselves as sharing in the power and authority of Moses and Jesus respectively. Neither group took lightly the fact that others might have been able to share in this without reference to them. The issue for Jesus and for Moses is not who exercises spiritual authority but what they achieve by it. The disciples are challenged to look deeper into the matter, and into their own hearts, to see that their primary concern should be that of making sure that the word is preached to the little ones. Furthermore, they are strongly challenged to make sure they do not become the means by which others are led to lose their faith by their own poor example.

    The elders and disciples were called to have open and generous hearts on the question of who can exercise spiritual authority. James calls us to being generous and just in the matter of the use of our material resources. The letter has been insistent in confronting us with any lack of consistency between what we profess and how we act, particularly towards those who are disadvantaged.

    CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP

    We Are Called:

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

     
     

     

    Vietsub - ĐỨA CON THẾ GIỚI - 120 ARTISTS:

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