{"id":12237,"date":"2016-09-07T22:26:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T02:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/?p=12237"},"modified":"2016-09-07T22:26:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T02:26:37","slug":"choosing-the-blessed-life-with-jesus-and-mother-teresa-23rd-wednesday-ii-september-7-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/choosing-the-blessed-life-with-jesus-and-mother-teresa-23rd-wednesday-ii-september-7-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the Blessed Life with Jesus and Mother Teresa, 23rd Wednesday (II), September 7, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Roger J. Landry<br \/>\nVisitation Convent of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan<br \/>\nWednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II<br \/>\nSeptember 7, 2016<br \/>\n1 Cor 7:25-31, Ps 45, Lk 6:20-26<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to an audio\u00a0recording of today\u2019s homily, please click below:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12237-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9.7.16-Homily-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9.7.16-Homily-1.mp3\">https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9.7.16-Homily-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The\u00a0following points were attempted in the homily:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St. Paul tells the Corinthians today and us, \u201cI tell you brothers, the time is running out. \u2026 The world in its present form is passing away.\u201d These words don\u2019t mean that St. Paul was predicting the imminent end of the world, but rather that he was describing the urgency of reordering our priorities for the eternal rather than the ephemeral. The biggest trick in the devil\u2019s arsenal, if he can\u2019t convince us that he doesn\u2019t exist, is to persuade us that there\u2019s plenty of time \u201clater\u201d for us to get our act together, that there\u2019s no urgency for us to make big choices for God now. Today St. Paul is\u00a0continuing to teach both us and the Christians in Corinth the path to true wisdom, which is also the path by which we\u2019ll\u00a0be considered foolish by those who are worldly. But he\u2019s not just indicating the path. He\u2019s also urging us to choose to live by that path.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s no greater illustration of the choice we\u2019re called to make for what\u2019s everlasting instead of what\u2019s evanescent than what Jesus mentions in the Gospel today. This is St. Luke\u2019s version of the Beatitudes, taken from Jesus\u2019 Sermon on the Plain. The fact that there are differences between this version and what Jesus says in Matthew 5 in the Sermon on the Mount is a clear sign that Jesus returned to his central messages often and developed different nuances. Rather than the eight beatitudes he proclaimed on the mountain, today he focuses on four and contrasts them clearly to four \u201cwoes.\u201d But his essential teaching remains the same: that the real path to happiness, the way to have life to the full forever,\u00a0is\u00a0not just different, but in fact\u00a0opposite, than what those infected by spiritual worldliness often presume. As we continue to live this special week of celebrations marking the life and eternity of St. Teresa of Calcutta, it is important for us to note that Jesus describes the path she chose and he thirsts for us to choose.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus makes four contrasts today.\n<ul>\n<li>The first is \u201cBlessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours,\u201d and \u201cWoe to you are rich, for you have received your consolation.\u201d It is simply revolutionary \u2014 not just in Jesus\u2019 age, not just our era, but in every epoch \u2014 to believe that we\u2019ll be happier if we\u2019re poor than if we\u2019re rich. Jesus says that the \u201crich\u201d are to be pitied because they have already received their consolation in their money and possessions, whereas the poor are blessed because they are therefore able to seek with hope God and his kingdom. Material wealth\u00a0is what those who live for the present age say will bring them happiness, but God\u2019s\u00a0kingdom is the hope and the treasure of those who are living knowing that time is running out and eternity is about to begin. Today many people, including Christians, spend more time nourishing their hope to win the lottery rather than to win the eternal bonanza, and Jesus says that these people are \u201cwoeful\u201d because they think that the monopoly money and plastic houses on Park Street are more valuable that the Father\u2019s House and treasure. Mother Teresa was an example of genuine spiritual poverty: she was poor for the poor but at the same time was rich in the only thing that matters.<\/li>\n<li>The second is \u201cBlessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied,\u201d versus, \u201cWoe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry.\u201d Like at Paul\u2019s time with the Epicureans, there are many people today who have made pleasure their deity. St. Paul says in his letter to the Christians in Philippi that the \u201cenemies of the Cross\u201d have made their \u201cbellies their god.\u201d There are people who live to satiate their bodily appetites, obsessing about meals at restaurants, storing up precious wines in cellars, all living with their hearts set on earthly banquets and often, like the Rich Man in Jesus\u2019 parable (Lk 16), ignoring those who don\u2019t even have crumbs on which to eat each day. Jesus warns them with a \u201cwoe\u201d that even though they are now filled and fattened, one day they will hunger for the things that matter most, just like the Rich Man Jesus describes. Those who are blessed, on the other hand, are those who are hungry for the eternal wedding banquet, hungry for God, hungry for what God hungers for. These are people who are hungry to receive Jesus in the Eucharist more than they do sumptuous breakfasts, filet mignon and lobster. These are people who hunger and thirst for holiness more than they do for water and sweets. This is a hunger that allows them to put off the \u201cjunk food\u201d of the present world\u00a0for the food of eternal life. This is precisely the choice that St. Teresa of Calcutta made. She hungered for holiness and thirsted for what Jesus thirsted.<\/li>\n<li>The third is \u201cBlessed are you who are now weeping for you will laugh\u201d and \u201cWoe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep.\u201d There are always people who want to make fun their god, who make jokes out of life, who go from party to party, diversion to diversion, who don\u2019t take life seriously because they\u2019re living for the present moment unaware that the present moment is passing away. They try to escape from reality, seeking to insulate themselves from sadness and suffering as much as they can. They even make fun on occasion of those who are saddened by their own or other\u2019s vicissitudes. They don\u2019t realize that there will be a time when the music will stop, when all the lights will be turned on, and they\u2019ll come face to face with their Creator and need to give an account of how they\u2019ve invested the talent of their time, either in caring for others or in carousing (Mt 24). These people are woeful, even though those of the present age think they\u2019re blessed. The blessed, on the other hand, are those who weep now: weep over their and others\u2019 misfortune, weep over their and others\u2019 \u00a0sins that have brought so much suffering and death into the world, weep over seeing Christ be crucified for the forgiveness of these sins, weep over so many who live as if God doesn\u2019t exist, as if life has no direction or meaning, as if there\u2019s not going to be a final exam of life. These are the people who weep like St. Monica, weep like Our Lady of LaSalette, weep like Martha and Mary of Bethany, weep like Mary Magdalene at the tomb, weep like Jesus over Jerusalem. Jesus says they\u2019re blessed because one day they will laugh, not just the \u201clast laugh\u201d but a laugh that will last. They will laugh at how God has brought good out of evil. They will laugh at how what seemed so foolish in the perspective of eternity now seems so wise. They will laugh with the Good Thief and so many others who seemed so likely to reign forever with God eternally. They will laugh with those who successfully bet Pascal\u2019s wager and won an eternal jackpot. This is the life Mother Teresa chose. She wept at the sins of the world, wept at the sufferings of so many left on the streets, wept after those spiritually impoverished places that would allow and encourage women to end the lives of their children. But she will laugh with Jesus forever.<\/li>\n<li>The last is \u201cBlessed are you when people hate you, \u2026 exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man\u201d and \u201cWoe to you when all speak well of you.\u201d Jesus contrasts their fate in this world and in the next by comparing them to the true and false prophets. Here in this passing world the real prophets were persecuted and many of them even killed, whereas the false prophets, those who told the people what they wanted to hear, those who manipulated \u00a0their position to ingratiate themselves to their listeners rather than proclaiming to them God\u2019s word even when unpleasant, were those who were praised and rewarded. But in the world that endures, it\u2019s the true prophets are \u201crejoice and leap for joy\u201d and their \u201cgreat reward in heaven,\u201d whereas the false prophets are \u201cgrieving and weeping\u201d either at having lost their souls in order to gain the esteem of kings and crowds or, if by God\u2019s mercy some repented and made it, \u201cgrieving and weeping\u201d at how many were lost because they turned the signs pointing to heaven around and led many into dead ends. Jesus says for us we\u2019re blessed when we\u2019re persecuted, when our lives and our speech are prophetic, and announce to people God\u2019s revelation, both the consolations and the castigations. Such witness is called in Greek \u201c<em>martyrion<\/em>\u201d for a very good reason, because it is a challenge to worldly ways of living and will bring us, to some degree, to share in Christ\u2019s own suffering to bring us the Good News. Jesus meant it when he said that if they hated him, they\u2019d hate us, too, and we see that when we live conformed to Jesus. We\u2019re called misogynists declaring war on women because we say with Jesus that no one, mothers included, should have the right to murder their children in or out of the womb. We\u2019re called homophobic bigots \u2014 despite our love for those with same-sex attractions for whom Jesus died \u2014 for defending Jesus\u2019 teaching on marriage as the life-long, fruitful, faithful union of one man and one woman. We\u2019re called socialists or communists because of our defense of the poor together with Jesus. We\u2019re called anti-American for reminding everyone that immigrants, both legal and illegal, are our brothers and sisters \u2014 are in fact, Christ in disguise (Mt 25) \u2014 and need to be embraced with love like we would embrace Christ or natural siblings. To be a Christian is to be a prophet, and to be a prophet is to suffer for the Gospel when the message of the Gospel is not in conformity\u00a0with the spirit of the age. There are many false prophets who try to water down or change the Gospel to accommodate \u201cmodern times\u201d and many others who by their behavior proclaim something other than the Gospel as the way to happiness and the path to please God. Jesus is essentially saying \u201cBlessed are the true prophets\u201d who live for God and for eternity\u00a0and \u201cWoe to the false prophets\u201d who live for being praised by the mobs today rather than by God and the saints forever. Even though most in life celebrated her, Mother Teresa was also calumniated by many envious of her goodness. Her sisters continue to suffer today, in places like Yemen and Argentina, as we have seen recently. But she and they were\u00a0happy to be accounted worthy of suffering on account of Jesus&#8217; name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s at Mass that we focus on becoming anxious for the affairs of the Lord, that we prioritize God and live as if we don&#8217;t have all the time in the world left. We come here poor to receive Jesus&#8217; richness, hungry to be fed, sorrowful and desiring to do reparation for our sins and those of the world, and seeking the strength to remain true even when we should have to suffer on account of our faith. Jesus comes to meet us and to him we listen, see and bend our ear!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The readings for today\u2019s Mass were:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Reading 1<br \/>\n<a id=\"\/bible\/1corinthians\/7:25|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=e781865d33&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">1 cor 7:25-31<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">Brothers and sisters:<br \/>\nIn regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord,<br \/>\nbut I give my opinion as one who by the Lord\u2019s mercy is trustworthy.<br \/>\nSo this is what I think best because of the present distress:<br \/>\nthat it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is.<br \/>\nAre you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation.<br \/>\nAre you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife.<br \/>\nIf you marry, however, you do not sin,<br \/>\nnor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries;<br \/>\nbut such people will experience affliction in their earthly life,<br \/>\nand I would like to spare you that.<\/div>\n<div class=\"poetry\">I tell you, brothers, the time is running out.<br \/>\nFrom now on, let those having wives act as not having them,<br \/>\nthose weeping as not weeping,<br \/>\nthose rejoicing as not rejoicing,<br \/>\nthose buying as not owning,<br \/>\nthose using the world as not using it fully.<br \/>\nFor the world in its present form is passing away.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Responsorial Psalm<br \/>\n<a id=\"\/bible\/psalms\/45:11|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=ef5561db42&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">R. (11)<strong>\u00a0Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.<\/strong><br \/>\nHear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear,<br \/>\nforget your people and your father\u2019s house.<br \/>\nSo shall the king desire your beauty;<br \/>\nfor he is your lord, and you must worship him.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.<\/strong><br \/>\nAll glorious is the king\u2019s daughter as she enters;<br \/>\nher raiment is threaded with spun gold.<br \/>\nIn embroidered apparel she is borne in to the king;<br \/>\nbehind her the virgins of her train are brought to you.<br \/>\nR.<strong>\u00a0Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.<\/strong><br \/>\nThey are borne in with gladness and joy;<br \/>\nthey enter the palace of the king.<br \/>\nThe place of your fathers your sons shall have;<br \/>\nyou shall make them princes through all the land.<br \/>\nR.<strong>\u00a0Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Gospel<br \/>\n<a id=\"\/bible\/luke\/6:20|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=273ce43434&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">lk 6:20-26<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed are you who are poor,<br \/>\nfor the Kingdom of God is yours.<br \/>\nBlessed are you who are now hungry,<br \/>\nfor you will be satisfied.<br \/>\nBlessed are you who are now weeping,<br \/>\nfor you will laugh.<br \/>\nBlessed are you when people hate you,<br \/>\nand when they exclude and insult you,<br \/>\nand denounce your name as evil<br \/>\non account of the Son of Man.<\/div>\n<div class=\"poetry\">Rejoice and leap for joy on that day!<br \/>\nBehold, your reward will be great in heaven.<br \/>\nFor their ancestors treated the prophets<br \/>\nin the same way.<\/div>\n<div class=\"poetry\">But woe to you who are rich,<br \/>\nfor you have received your consolation.<br \/>\nBut woe to you who are filled now,<br \/>\nfor you will be hungry.<br \/>\nWoe to you who laugh now,<br \/>\nfor you will grieve and weep.<br \/>\nWoe to you when all speak well of you,<br \/>\nfor their ancestors treated the false<br \/>\nprophets in this way.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"poetry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"poetry\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Unknown.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Unknown.jpeg?resize=299%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"unknown\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. 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