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17th Week: Ordinary Time

Monday

Year One

Ex 32:15-24, 30-34

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God Himself inscribed the Ten Commandments on the two tablets. When Moses came down with the Decalogue, the people made a calf and began to dance. Moses was angry and destroyed the calf. But people demanded that a god be made to be worshipped. Moses allows them to throw the gold into the fire, and they make another golden calf to worship. Moses gravies that God would be angry with those who worship the golden calf and punishes them. God takes the responsibility to punish those who worship anything other than him.

As in those days, people made gods and worshipped them. In the present world, wealth, power, name and fame are gods to be worshipped. We spend more time getting them and enjoying them. we do not give priority to God and his values. Our values and life are determined by these material and perishable things. We are all scummed to these world ways, and we create our own gods. For some, pleasure and leisure are God. Not willing to take the pain and hardships as a way to be truthful and sincere. As St Ignatius of Loyola tells us that we need to have discernment between God and evil, good and bad.

 Year Two

Jeremiah 13:1-11

The dramatic object lesson symbolizes how Judah and Jerusalem, once close to God and set apart for His glory, have become corrupted by pride and idolatry. The linen belt, worn close to the body, represents intimacy, closeness, and purity - what Israel was meant to be in its relationship with God. However, when left hidden and unattended, it became spoiled and unusable.  God created us for closeness with Him. However, when we hide ourselves from His presence or cling to sin, we begin to spiritually decay. Like the belt, if we're not “wrapped around” God, staying near, clean, and obedient, we lose our purpose and vitality.

What sort of relationship do we have with God?

Mt 13:31-35

God’s work often begins in small, unnoticed ways: a kind word, a prayer, a step of obedience. We may overlook them, but they can grow into something that blesses many. Are we willing to trust that even our smallest acts of faith can be part of something bigger?

God’s kingdom doesn’t always come with noise or spectacle. It often works slowly in hearts, communities, and cultures, changing them from the inside out. This reminds us not to underestimate what God is doing just because we can’t see it immediately.

Do we trust in the wonders of God?

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