READINGS:

1 R : Jer 17 : 5 - 10.
Ps   1 :  1 - 2, 3, 4, and 6.
Gos : Mt 16 : 19 - 31.

SEE THE CONTRAST !

THE PERSON WHO WOULD RELY ON ONESELF WOULD BE  " DEFEATED " IN A SENSE.

HE / SHE  IS LIKE A THORN SHRUB PLANTED IN THE DESERT.

LOOK AT THE RICH MAN IN JESUS' PARABLE.

HE HAD EVERYTHING. THEREFORE HE RELIED ONLY ON HIMSELF. HE WAS BURIED AND HE WENT TO HELL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PERSON WHO WOULD RELY ON GOD IS LIKE A TREE PLANTED BESIDE THE RIVER, BEARING FRUIT IN THE RIGHT SEASON AND NOT FERING DROUGHT. BECAUSE THE ROOTS ARE DEEP IN THE RIVER BED.

WHERE ARE YOUR ROOTS ????????????

IN THE GOSPEL EXAMPLE,
LAZARUS IS RAISED TO THE HEAVENLY BANQUET AND IS SEATED BESIDE ABRAHAM HIMSELF.

JUST APPRECIATE THE IMAGERY.

RICH IS BURIED AND LAZARUS IS RAISED.
RICH IS IN AGONY AND LAZARUS IS IN 'ECSTACY'

THE TABLES ARE SIMPLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

THE FIRST READING ALSO CAUTIONS US ABOUT THE DECEIT AND CORRUPT NATURE OF THE HEART.

GOD ALONE THEREFORE CAN JUDGE MINDS AND HEART AND REWARD ACCORDINGLY.

THE GOSPEL ALSO HAS ONE MORE APT LESSON:

NO SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR SIGNS ARE TO BE EXPECTED, EXCEPT THE THE NORMAL TEACHING OF THE
' LAW AND PROPHETS '

THEREFORE ABRAHAM REFUSES TO HEED TO THE REQUEST OF RICH MAN TO SEND LAZARUS TO HIS 5 BROTHERS.

LENT SHOULD SPUR US ON TO ACT TODAY AND HOLD ON TO LASTING REALITIES.

 

 

 

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