Thursday, November 8, 2012

Daily Mass Homily: Thursday, November 8th, 2012


           We hear a couple of important words this morning in our readings.  First, we are told, “Do everything without grumbling or questioning…”  Grumbling isn’t just what our stomachs do when we are hungry.  To be a grumbler is to be a complainer.  We are called to live our lives well and without complaints.
            Second, we are encouraged to be “children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation…”  A crooked generation is one that is mistaken or wrong in many areas, like a crooked line that zig-zags and doesn’t reach the goal easily or at all.  We are called to make a straight line to God.
            Finally, St. Paul reminds us that we are children of God.  A child is someone who is completely dependent on others.  Children cannot feed themselves, teach themselves, bathe themselves, or shelter themselves.  They are reliant on their parents for everything.  So too, we must rely on God for everything.
            The Lord desires a relationship with us.  A relationship in which we set on a direct course to Him, without grumbling at the trials we face and as we strive to live out our call as His own children.

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