All Things are Created in Him and for Him!

 

22nd  Week Friday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Col 1:15-2

Meditation

All Things are Created in Him and for Him!

Jesus is visible and invisible, things in heaven and earth are under his rule and authority, he is the firstborn of creation and the firstborn of the dead.   He is in the beginning and to the end.  He reconciles the universe and humanity to God. He is the ultimate and all powers on earth, under the world, and in heaven, and all obey him. He is the supreme ruler and authority.

We are in his creation, and we are in him, and he is in us.  He will not abandon humans to their will and wish, but gently leads them to the right place of repose.  Blessed are those who are under His mighty hand.  He will give us peace and joy which no one can provide.  Let us go to him and submit ourselves to him.

Do we confess that Jesus has ultimate authority in heaven and earth?

Year Two

1 Cor 4:1-5

You have no Right to Judge Even Yourself!

We are servants of God who are entrusted with the mysteries of God and the manifestation of his glory. Everyone has the responsibility to keep their trust and prove faithful to God. You may be judged and may not be judged, but may not even be a judge of yourself. Our conscience may be clear and innocent, but trust the Lord to judge us in justice.

In the appointed time, the Lord will judge us and give us due honour and praise for our actions. Do not be too hard or lenient in judging yourselves, but leave everything to the Lord. The Lord is the right and just judge who makes us right and blameless in the sight of God through his passion, death and resurrection. May the mercy of the Lord be praised.

Do you know that the Lord is the just Judge?

Lk 5:33-39

Then they said to him, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.” Jesus said to them, “You cannot make wedding attendants fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.”(Lk 5:33-34)

The practice of fasting and abstinence is common in almost all religions and cultures. There are spiritual as well as physical benefits of fasting and abstinence. The fasting, with a religious motive, helps us to know our nothingness and our need to depend upon God. It also helps us to give priority to God and helps us to have union with the Divine. The Pharisees focused only on physical fasting as an obligation. Jesus goes beyond physical fasting and transcends it. Jesus focuses on inner life rather than outward observances. The prophet Isaiah invites us to spiritual fasting. It is an invitation for us to fast from these earthly material things and seek the things above in heaven. Fasting is a kind of emptying ourselves from evil things and filling ourselves with holy and heavenly things.

Does my fasting help me to grow closer to my God and my neighbour?

Fr. Putti Anthaiah, SDB

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