Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
Here are some attentions in our lives
· Some
are normal
o The
alarm clock in the morning
o A
yellow light as driving
o A
menu
· Some
are exciting
o The
National Anthem
o The
starting gun or horn in a race
o Dropping the puck to begin a game
· Some
are annoying
o Warning
lights in our vehicle
o A
cough or sneezing
o A
flight tire
· Some
shake our lives
o A
heart attack
o Cancer
o Mental
illness
o Rock
bottom of alcoholism or drugs
o Injures
of our bones, joints or brain
What about these attentions
in our lives?
· Both
our bodies and souls can be waken up
· We
are, as C.S. Lewis called us humans as “amphibians”
· We
are both body and soul
· We
live in the material world and spiritual world
· And
sometimes, some times, attentions give us body and soul
Our bodies
were need big decisions
· A
doctor
· A
psychology
· A
counselor
· A
program
· Medicine
· God
gives us gifts for our body
How about our soul?
· Matthew 16:26: “For
what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?”
o Family, profits, fame, power…but our soul?
· Our
soul contacts us to God
· Our
soul contacts us to the spiritual life
· Our
soul gets us in shape for the dimension life
· We
must act and move
Listen to St. Paul to his first letter to St. Timothy (a
young disciple/priest)
·
“Beloved: First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions,
and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that
we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our
savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as ransom for all.”
Pray
with Matthew 16:26 and the 1st Timothy 2:1-8 for your
soul
Act, move and grow for your
soul…your spiritual life
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