{"id":17021,"date":"2019-03-05T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/?p=17021"},"modified":"2019-03-05T10:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:30:59","slug":"the-spiral-of-asymmetrical-giving-8th-tuesday-i-march-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/the-spiral-of-asymmetrical-giving-8th-tuesday-i-march-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spiral of Asymmetrical Giving, 8th Tuesday (I), March 5, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<p>Fr. Roger J. Landry<br class=\"\" \/>Visitation Mission of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan<br class=\"\" \/>Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year I<br class=\"\" \/>March 5, 2019<br class=\"\" \/>Sir 35:1-12, Ps 50, Mk 10:28-31<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><em class=\"\">To listen to an audio\u00a0recording\u00a0of today\u2019s homily, please click below:\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17021-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3.5.19-Homily-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3.5.19-Homily-1.mp3\">https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3.5.19-Homily-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><em class=\"\">\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><em class=\"\">The following points were attempted in the homily:\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\">Today on Mardi Gras, the vigil of Lent, as we are finalizing our Lenten plans and sacrifices, the Lord through the Book of Sirach teaches us a lot about the sacrifices most pleasing to him. Sirach lists this wisdom about fitting oblations with us so that we can worship God aright. For the Jews, when they thought about sacrifices to God, they generally thought of the temple rites and a holocaust of\u00a0animals, the offering\u00a0showbread and cereals, and tithes. Today God through Sirach helps them to see that the sacrifice he most wants is a life of holiness, virtue, goodness, charity. He specifies keeping the law, observing the commandments, works of charity, giving alms, refraining from evil, and avoiding injustice. He says that God seeks the pleasing offering of a just person, given with a generous spirit, cheerful countenance and a joyful\u00a0heart. This is the way we would appear before the Lord, not empty handed, but with a pleasing gift. This is the way our whole being would rise as a sweet odor of incense before Him. This is the way we\u00a0give back to the Lord as he has generously given to us.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">The spirituality of self-offering Sirach describes is not one of offering bribes or extorting from God. It\u2019s not giving to God in order to obtain something back. The reality is that God has given us everything so that, as we empty ourselves and cheerfully give everything back to him, we open ourselves to receive from him an even greater gift. The Lord, Sirach says,\u00a0is one \u201cwho repays\u201d and who \u201calways gives back seven-f0ld.\u201d And that seven-fold rumuneration continues to multiply as we continue to give ourselves back to him with all of his gifts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">This spirituality of sacrifice is the proper introduction to understand better today\u2019s Gospel, which is the continuation of yesterday\u2019s scene with the Rich Young Man and Jesus\u2019 words about how hard it is to be saved. The apostles were astonished by Jesus\u2019 description of the human impossibility of salvation \u2014 that it would be easier for a camel to fit through a needle\u2019s eye \u2014 with the words, \u201cWe have given up everything and followed you.\u201d In Matthew\u2019s account, Peter adds, \u201cWhat will there be for us?\u201d The apostles had in fact done what the Rich Young Man didn\u2019t do: they left their boats, their homes, their families, in order to give themselves and all they had to the poor and follow Jesus. They were beginning to wonder whether it was just going to be a waste if things were truly impossible. Jesus consoled Peter and the apostles by promising something far greater than the seven-fold of Sirach: \u201cAmen, I say to you,\u00a0there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters\u00a0or mother or father or children or lands\u00a0for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel\u00a0who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age:\u00a0houses and brothers and sisters\u00a0and mothers and children and lands,\u00a0with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.\u201d That\u2019s an astonishing promise on various levels. The first is the munificent return, something they will experience in the new family of the Church when the Church lives out her life as the early Church did. The second is the promise of persecution. Because of our union with Christ \u2014 the 100 fold gift and Giver! \u2014 we, too, will experience what he experienced, but this is a blessing that helps us to empty ourselves of everything, including sometimes our own life, so that his life may reign. But\u00a0he doesn\u2019t promise us a timescale or show us exactly how we will receive that 100-fold. Some may experience\u00a0it in this world. Some may experience it only in guaranteed promise, like Abraham\u2019s looking up and counting the stars in broad daylight. That\u2019s why Jesus says, \u201cMany that are first will be last, and the last will be first,\u201d because some will receive it in one way and others in another and not always according to our expectation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">As we prepare for Lent, it\u2019s key for us to examine whether we have in fact given up everything to follow the Lord. Prayer helps us to examine those parts of our time that are not consecrated to God. It helps us to look at our self-reliance and desire to be in control and our dependence on his providence. Almsgiving helps us to look at all we have and see it as a gift not to hoard but to be given as a participation in God\u2019s generous providence. Fasting helps us to learn how to hunger as God hungers, to seek his will to be done, and to be grateful for his giving us each day our daily bread, the words of his mouth, and the Sacrament by which he nourishes us. These three practices help us, in short, to leave worldliness behind, our dependence on mammon, use our time, money, and desires for the good of others, so that we won\u2019t depart from God sad but, like the apostles, follow Christ all the way so that we may be open to receive the way he gives himself all the way to us.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Christ never calls us to do anything he himself hasn\u2019t done, and he left the Father\u2019s house, he left everything, emptying himself, taking on our humanity, and offering himself on the Cross (Phil 2). Love so amazing, so divine, as we\u2019ll sing in Lent, demands our life, our soul, our all. He wants us to be his gift, his offering, and in anticipation and response both, he gives himself. The reward that we seek is what St. Thomas Aquinas asked for when from the Crucifix Christ asked him, \u201cYou have written well of me Thomas. What will you receive as a reward?\u201d \u201c<em class=\"\">Nisi te, Domine<\/em>,\u201d he replied: \u201cNothing but you, Lord!\u201d And when we receive Jesus we receive it all! Jesus first gives us himself and his blessings, and as we give them back to him, he gives us himself ever more.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">This whole mystery is summarized in the offertory of the Mass. We take his gift of bread and wine and offer it back to him and he gives us Himself, his Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. And then we offer ourselves with Him to the Father as our\u00a0<em class=\"\">logike latreia<\/em>, \u201cfitting worship\u201d (Rom 12:1-2), and he sends us the Holy Spirit. This is the daily illustration of what he said in\u00a0St. Luke\u2019s Gospel: \u201cGive and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.\u201d Christ measures out all. We give all. He gives more. We give more. And we exist forever in this spiral of asymmetrical giving! Today we come detaching ourselves from mammon and giving ourselves to God in such a way that he may make us this day capable of keeping his\u00a0law, observing his\u00a0commandments, doing works of charity, giving alms, refraining from evil, avoiding injustice, offering the\u00a0pleasing sacrifice\u00a0of just persons, generously, cheerfully, joyfully, with our hands open to receive and share his generosity and our whole being becoming a\u00a0sweet odor of incense before Him in this world so that, after the 100-fold, we may continue to praise and glorify him in eternal life!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"\"><em class=\"\">The readings for today\u2019s Mass were:<\/em><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"\">Reading 1\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/bible\/sirach\/35:1\">SIR 35:1-12<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"\">To keep the law is a great oblation,<br class=\"\" \/>and he who observes the<br class=\"\" \/>commandments sacrifices a peace offering.<br class=\"\" \/>In works of charity one offers fine flour,<br class=\"\" \/>and when he gives alms he presents his sacrifice of praise.<br class=\"\" \/>To refrain from evil pleases the LORD,<br class=\"\" \/>and to avoid injustice is an atonement.<br class=\"\" \/>Appear not before the LORD empty-handed,<br class=\"\" \/>for all that you offer is in fulfillment of the precepts.<br class=\"\" \/>The just one\u2019s offering enriches the altar<br class=\"\" \/>and rises as a sweet odor before the Most High.<br class=\"\" \/>The just one\u2019s sacrifice is most pleasing,<br class=\"\" \/>nor will it ever be forgotten.<br class=\"\" \/>In a generous spirit pay homage to the LORD,<br class=\"\" \/>be not sparing of freewill gifts.<br class=\"\" \/>With each contribution show a cheerful countenance,<br class=\"\" \/>and pay your tithes in a spirit of joy.<br class=\"\" \/>Give to the Most High as he has given to you,<br class=\"\" \/>generously, according to your means.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">For the LORD is one who always repays,<br class=\"\" \/>and he will give back to you sevenfold.<br class=\"\" \/>But offer no bribes, these he does not accept!<br class=\"\" \/>Trust not in sacrifice of the fruits of extortion.<br class=\"\" \/>For he is a God of justice,<br class=\"\" \/>who knows no favorites.<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"\">Responsorial Psalm\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/bible\/psalms\/50:5\">PS 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 AND 23<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"\">R. (23b)\u00a0To the upright I will show the saving power of God.<br class=\"\" \/>\u201cGather my faithful ones before me,<br class=\"\" \/>those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.\u201d<br class=\"\" \/>And the heavens proclaim his justice;<br class=\"\" \/>for God himself is the judge.<br class=\"\" \/>R.\u00a0To the upright I will show the saving power of God.<br class=\"\" \/>\u201cHear, my people, and I will speak;<br class=\"\" \/>Israel, I will testify against you;<br class=\"\" \/>God, your God, am I.<br class=\"\" \/>Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,<br class=\"\" \/>for your burnt offerings are before me always.\u201d<br class=\"\" \/>R.\u00a0To the upright I will show the saving power of God.<br class=\"\" \/>\u201cOffer to God praise as your sacrifice<br class=\"\" \/>and fulfill your vows to the Most High.<br class=\"\" \/>He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me;<br class=\"\" \/>and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God.\u201d<br class=\"\" \/>R.\u00a0To the upright I will show the saving power of God.<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"\">Alleluia\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/bible\/matthew\/11:25\">SEE MT 11:25<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"\">R.\u00a0Alleluia, alleluia.<br class=\"\" \/>Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;<br class=\"\" \/>you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.<br class=\"\" \/>R.\u00a0Alleluia, alleluia.<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"\">Gospel\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/bible\/mark\/10:28\">MK 10:28-31<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"\">Peter began to say to Jesus,<br class=\"\" \/>\u2018We have given up everything and followed you.\u201d<br class=\"\" \/>Jesus said, \u201cAmen, I say to you,<br class=\"\" \/>there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters<br class=\"\" \/>or mother or father or children or lands<br class=\"\" \/>for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel<br class=\"\" \/>who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age:<br class=\"\" \/>houses and brothers and sisters<br class=\"\" \/>and mothers and children and lands,<br class=\"\" \/>with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.<br class=\"\" \/>But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17023\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown.jpeg?resize=241%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. 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