{"id":6358,"date":"2014-04-09T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T15:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicpreaching.com\/?p=6358"},"modified":"2014-04-09T15:11:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T15:11:31","slug":"freedom-through-faith-truth-and-divine-filiation-fifth-wednesday-of-lent-april-9-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/freedom-through-faith-truth-and-divine-filiation-fifth-wednesday-of-lent-april-9-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom through Faith, Truth and Divine Filiation, Fifth Wednesday of Lent, April 9, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Roger J. Landry<br \/>\nSt. Bernadette Parish, Fall River, MA<br \/>\nWednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent<br \/>\nApril 9, 2014<br \/>\nDan 3:14-20.91-92.95, Dan 3:52-26, Jn 8:31-42<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to an audio recording of today&#8217;s homily, please click below:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6358-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4.9.14-Homily-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4.9.14-Homily-1.mp3\">http:\/\/www.catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4.9.14-Homily-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The following points were attempted in the homily:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lent is about liberation. In Lent we retrace at a much deeper spiritual level the liberation of the Israelites from slavery as Jesus, the new Moses, seeks to lead us by means of the new and eternal Passover to journey with him through the desert of life, through even death, into the eternal promised land. Lent is about being set free from the domination of the temptations of the evil one by spending 40 days with Jesus in a spiritual desert. It&#8217;s about journeying from the self-imposed pigsty back to the Father&#8217;s house. The three practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving all point to this liberation: liberation from egocentric self-dependence through putting God in his proper place in prayer, from giving into our lower appetites by the self-mastery that comes via fasting, from obsessing about our needs wants and needs by sacrificing for those whose needs are greater in giving of ourselves, time and possessions.<\/li>\n<li>Today in the Gospel Jesus speaks about liberation and slavery and describes three great means by which he wants to help us in Lent experience the freedom he came into the world to give us.<\/li>\n<li>The first great means is faith. Jesus spoke to &#8220;those Jews who believed in him.&#8221; There are many who believe that faith enslaves, that it binds us by commandments, that it leads us to depend on something or someone other than what we can empirically verify, but faith helps us to recognize that what we can perceive through our senses is not all that there is. We see the liberating power of faith in the three young men in the fiery furnace in today&#8217;s first reading from the Book of Daniel. Even though they were bound and thrown into the white hot furnace, they were interiorly free through faith, which liberated them from the fear of\u00a0Nebuchadnezzar, which liberated them from the fear of pain and suffering, which liberated them even from the fear of death. It even freed them from the sin of presumption. With faith,\u00a0Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, &#8220;If our God, whom we serve,\u00a0can save us from the white-hot furnace\u00a0and from your hands, O king, <em>may he save us<\/em>!\u00a0But even if he will not, know, O king,\u00a0that we will not serve your god\u00a0or worship the golden statue that you set up.&#8221; The courage came from their fidelity. And their fidelity coupled to God&#8217;s led to a great conversion of the King and many others as they were rescued by what seems to have been an angel of God.\u00a0Nebuchadnezzar would exclaim at the end,\u00a0\u201cBlessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,\u00a0who sent his angel to deliver the servants who trusted [had faith] in him;\u00a0they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies\u00a0rather than serve or worship any god\u00a0except their own God.\u201d Lent is meant to help us grow in that type of faith so that no matter what furnaces of suffering we need to endure, we may remain true to the Lord, asking him to save us in this world and even more importantly save us forever\u00a0from the fiery furnace of a life leading to Hell.<\/li>\n<li>The second great means is his word of truth. It&#8217;s important for us to grasp that weak faith is not enough. Jesus addressed these words to those who &#8220;believed in him,&#8221; but who nevertheless would seek to have him killed. We need the other two elements Jesus describes lest the same thing happen in our lives, that we believe in Jesus but nevertheless crucify him through a life in which we choose sin rather than God, hedonism rather than holiness, our will rather than God&#8217;s will.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus tells us, &#8220;If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,\u00a0and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.&#8221; The truth sets us free from both the ignorance and lies that enslave us. But it&#8217;s not enough to be familiar with the truth as &#8220;facts.&#8221; We need to abide in the truth. Jesus indicates a four-step process: remaining in his word, becoming in truth his disciples, knowing the truth and being liberated through the truth. First we must remain in his word, dwelling in it, resting in it, familiarizing ourselves with it, reading it, meditating upon it. Pope Francis on Sunday passed out about 60,000 copies of the Gospel encouraging the Catholics present to read some of the Gospel every day. We can&#8217;t remain in the word of God unless we&#8217;re seeking to drown ourselves in it. If we do this, Jesus says, we will really be his disciples. We&#8217;re only his disciples if we&#8217;re putting what he teaches us into practice, and the only way we can do that is to know more and more deeply what he teaches. Following him along the way of his holy wisdom will help us to know the truth, not the way we know Wikipedia articles but the way Adam knew Eve, the way we know a friend. For those who know other languages, it&#8217;s <em>connaitre<\/em> not <em>savoir<\/em>, <em>conhecer<\/em> not <em>saber<\/em>, <em>conoscere<\/em> not <em>sapere<\/em>. We become one with the truth not just at the level of our minds but hearts and actions. And once this happens the truth sets us free, because we&#8217;re no longer walking without the light of faith in darkness, we&#8217;re no longer in ignorance about the most important things, we&#8217;re no longer enslaved to our egos, or appetites, or others&#8217; opinions, or the devil&#8217;s machinations. Lent is a time in which we are called to grow in remaining, following, knowing and living the Word of God. The readings throughout Lent at daily Mass are a great help in this liberation but we must go beyond it with the help of the Holy Spirit in personal prayer and study. Jesus pointed out to his interlocutors in today&#8217;s passage that even though on one level they said they believed in him, at the same time he added, &#8220;You are trying to kill me because my word has no room among you.&#8221; We need to live in his word in order that our faith grow and not lead us to turn on God by trying to live our faith by halves.<\/li>\n<li>The third means of liberation is through divine filiation, to remember we are the beloved sons and daughters of the Father described in the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Those opposing Jesus in the Gospel today proudly announced they were children of Abraham, but they really only descendants according to the flesh not according to faith. In fact by their lack of faith and love they were slaves rather than sons in God&#8217;s household. After they said to Jesus, &#8220;We are descendants of Abraham\u00a0and have never been enslaved to anyone,&#8221; Jesus replied, &#8220;Amen, amen, I say to you,\u00a0everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.\u00a0A slave does not remain in a household forever,\u00a0but a son always remains.\u00a0So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free,&#8221; but they didn&#8217;t want to be set free by the Son to be sons in the Son. Jesus continued, &#8221;\u00a0I know that you are descendants of Abraham.\u00a0But you are trying to kill me \u2026\u00a0I tell you what I have seen in the Father\u2019s presence;\u00a0then do what you have heard from the Father.\u201d They then insist that they&#8217;re children of Abraham, but Jesus replies, &#8220;If you were Abraham\u2019s children,\u00a0you would be doing the works of Abraham. \u00a0But now you are trying to kill me,\u00a0a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God;\u00a0Abraham did not do this.\u00a0You are doing the works of your father!\u201d They then insist that they are illegitimate children but have &#8220;one Father, God,&#8221; a curious admission because they were trying to kill Jesus because he insisted he was the Father&#8217;s Son. But Jesus told them, &#8220;If God were your Father, you would love me,\u00a0for I came from God and am here.&#8221; Jesus would go to say immediately after today&#8217;s Gospel passage stops who their real father is. &#8220;You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father\u2019s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.&#8221; They had exchanged their divine filiation for a diabolical one by their failure to believe as Abraham believed in God, by their choice to live a lie rather than &#8220;stand in truth,&#8221; which would set them free. Lent is an occasion for all of us to become like the Father, to be as merciful as the Father is merciful, as holy as he is holy. In prayer we&#8217;re supposed to pray in the intimacy of communion with the Father in our inner treasure room, to fast for what he hungers for, to give generously and sacrificially of what he has providentially deposited into our hands so that we might share in his care for all his sons and daughters. Lent is the time in which we overcome the blindness of the older son in the parable of the Prodigal Son who, even though he was in the house, related to the Father as a slave would, obeying the Father&#8217;s orders rather than living in and sharing the Father&#8217;s love.<\/li>\n<li>The great gift God gives us every day to help us in this liberation through faith, truth and divine filiation occurs here at Mass. Mass is a mini-Lent and Easter celebration all in one. We begin with the rite of conversion in which we publicly confess that we are great sinners who have sinned through our own grievous fault, faithfully begging God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit respectively for mercy. God gives us the ability to remain in his word so that we may be strengthened in our discipleship to become one with that Word of Truth and liberated. And we become one with that truth as we receive the Truth incarnate in Holy Communion, entering into the interior life of the Blessed Trinity through him by the power of the Holy Spirit so that together with the Son and with each other we might cry out, &#8220;Abba, Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The readings for today&#8217;s Mass were:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Reading 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/daniel\/3:14\">DN 3:14-20, 91-92, 95<\/a><\/h4>\n<div>King Nebuchadnezzar said:<br \/>\n\u201cIs it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,<br \/>\nthat you will not serve my god,<br \/>\nor worship the golden statue that I set up?<br \/>\nBe ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made,<br \/>\nwhenever you hear the sound of the trumpet,<br \/>\nflute, lyre, harp, psaltery, bagpipe,<br \/>\nand all the other musical instruments;<br \/>\notherwise, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace;<br \/>\nand who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?\u201d<br \/>\nShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar,<br \/>\n\u201cThere is no need for us to defend ourselves before you<br \/>\nin this matter.<br \/>\nIf our God, whom we serve,<br \/>\ncan save us from the white-hot furnace<br \/>\nand from your hands, O king, may he save us!<br \/>\nBut even if he will not, know, O king,<br \/>\nthat we will not serve your god<br \/>\nor worship the golden statue that you set up.\u201dKing Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s face became livid with utter rage<br \/>\nagainst Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.<br \/>\nHe ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual<br \/>\nand had some of the strongest men in his army<br \/>\nbind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego<br \/>\nand cast them into the white-hot furnace.Nebuchadnezzar rose in haste and asked his nobles,<br \/>\n\u201cDid we not cast three men bound into the fire?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAssuredly, O king,\u201d they answered.<br \/>\n\u201cBut,\u201d he replied, \u201cI see four men unfettered and unhurt,<br \/>\nwalking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God.\u201d<br \/>\nNebuchadnezzar exclaimed,<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,<br \/>\nwho sent his angel to deliver the servants who trusted in him;<br \/>\nthey disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies<br \/>\nrather than serve or worship any god<br \/>\nexcept their own God.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Responsorial Psalm<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/daniel\/3:52\">DN 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56<\/a><\/h4>\n<div>R. (52b)\u00a0Glory and praise for ever!<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers,<br \/>\npraiseworthy and exalted above all forever;<br \/>\nAnd blessed is your holy and glorious name,<br \/>\npraiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.\u201d<br \/>\nR.\u00a0Glory and praise for ever!<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed are you in the temple of your holy glory,<br \/>\npraiseworthy and exalted above all forever.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0Glory and praise for ever!<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed are you on the throne of your kingdom,<br \/>\npraiseworthy and exalted above all forever.\u201d<br \/>\nR.\u00a0Glory and praise for ever!<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed are you who look into the depths<br \/>\nfrom your throne upon the cherubim;<br \/>\npraiseworthy and exalted above all forever.\u201d<br \/>\nR.\u00a0Glory and praise for ever!<br \/>\n\u201cBlessed are you in the firmament of heaven,<br \/>\npraiseworthy and glorious forever.\u201d<br \/>\nR.\u00a0Glory and praise for ever!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Gospel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/8:31\">JN 8:31-42<\/a><\/h4>\n<div>Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him,<br \/>\n\u201cIf you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,<br \/>\nand you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d<br \/>\nThey answered him, \u201cWe are descendants of Abraham<br \/>\nand have never been enslaved to anyone.<br \/>\nHow can you say, \u2018You will become free\u2019?\u201d<br \/>\nJesus answered them, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you,<br \/>\neveryone who commits sin is a slave of sin.<br \/>\nA slave does not remain in a household forever,<br \/>\nbut a son always remains.<br \/>\nSo if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free.<br \/>\nI know that you are descendants of Abraham.<br \/>\nBut you are trying to kill me,<br \/>\nbecause my word has no room among you.<br \/>\nI tell you what I have seen in the Father\u2019s presence;<br \/>\nthen do what you have heard from the Father.\u201dThey answered and said to him, \u201cOur father is Abraham.\u201d<br \/>\nJesus said to them, \u201cIf you were Abraham\u2019s children,<br \/>\nyou would be doing the works of Abraham.<br \/>\nBut now you are trying to kill me,<br \/>\na man who has told you the truth that I heard from God;<br \/>\nAbraham did not do this.<br \/>\nYou are doing the works of your father!\u201d<br \/>\nSo they said to him, \u201cWe were not born of fornication.<br \/>\nWe have one Father, God.\u201d<br \/>\nJesus said to them, \u201cIf God were your Father, you would love me,<br \/>\nfor I came from God and am here;<br \/>\nI did not come on my own, but he sent me.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. 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