ST. AGATHA, VM -Memorial
READINGS:
1 R : 2SAM 24: 2, 9 - 17.
Ps 31 :1 - 2, 5, 6, 7.
Gos : MK 6 : 1 - 6.
TODAY'S GOSPEL IS SOMETIMES READ DURING THE INAUGURATION OF A SHOP, OFFICE OR FACTORY.
IN TODAY'S GOSPEL THERE IS A CLEAR REFERENCE THAT JESUS IS IDENTIFIED AS A CARPENTER.
OBVIOUSLY WHO WOULD ACCEPT A "CARPENTER" THAT EASILY ?
ABOUT 25- 30 YEARS AGO SIMILAR SENTIMENTS WERE EXPRESSED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN SCC WORK.
AM I GUILTY OF GETTING STRUCK AT THE EXTERNAL IDENTITY AND FAILING TO DECIPHER THE MESSAGE ?
THE WISE ACCEPT TRUTH EVEN IT IS HEARD FROM THE MOUTH OF A CHILD.
HAVE I LOST THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM BY CONCENTRATING MORE ON THE ORIGIN, RACE ,LANGUAGE,ERUDITION AND SIMILAR DETAILS ?
REMEMBER ST AGATHA; EVEN UNDER THE WORST TORTURE SHE DID NOT BULGE AN INCH FROM THE MESSGE.
THEREFORE TO THIS DAY HER BODY SKIN IS INTACT.
HER INTERSESSION IS ALSO SOUGHT DURING THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA IN ITALY.
