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Jesus’ moral teaching does not consist of a universal scheme of ethics, a series of precepts which would be universally valid, by whomever they had been spoken. They are to be heard as His word, spoken by Him, with the impact of His person behind them.
- Gabriel Hebert (1886-1963)
(What word does Jesus speak to you today?)
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Rv 20:1-4, 11; 21:2; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a
Lk 21:29-33
Jesus told his disciples a parable.
“Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.
When their buds burst open,
you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near;
in the same way, when you see these things happening,
know that the Kingdom of God is near.
Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass
away
until all these things have taken place.
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away.”
USCCB Lectionary
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Luke 21:29 -33 (Parable of the fig tree)
Just as a fig tree shows signs when it is going to flower and bear fruit, so do
ordinary circumstances give hints at what is to come. This does not mean that we ought to leave the future to itself, withdrawing from the world in fatalistic pessimism, however. Nothing could he farther from the Spirit of Jesus Christ
* “Never put off something that can and should he done today” is a wise saying. Resolve
to make a fresh start in whatever endeavors you have been avoiding recently.
* Spend some time with the passage, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass.Ó Invite the Holy Spirit to deepen your rootedness in God’s love.
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The Way of Perfection, by Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Treats of these last words of the Paternoster: "Sed libera nos a malo. Amen." "But deliver us from evil. Amen."
Now let us go back and finish the journey which I have been describing, for the Lord seems to have been saving me labour by teaching both you and me the Way which I began to outline to you and by showing me how much we ask
for when we repeat this evangelical prayer. May He be for ever blessed, for it had certainly never entered my mind that there were such great secrets in it. You have now seen that it comprises the whole spiritual road, right from the beginning, until God absorbs the soul and gives it to drink abundantly of the fountain of living water which I told you was at the end of the road. It seems, sisters, that the Lord's will has been to teach us what great consolation is comprised in it, and this is a
great advantage to those who cannot read. If they understood this prayer, they could derive a great deal of sound instruction from it and would find it a real comfort. Our books may be taken from us, but this is a book which no one can take away, and it comes from the lips of the Truth Himself, Who cannot err. - Chapter 42 (Keep in mind that she is writing to sisters in a cloistered contemplative order.)
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