{"id":872,"date":"2018-02-28T14:38:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:38:31","slug":"homily-week-02-03-yr-ii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/28\/homily-week-02-03-yr-ii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMILY WEEK 02 03 – Yr II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suffering and Service<\/em><\/p>\n

(Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31; Mt 20:17-28)<\/p>\n

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Activist Daniel Berrigan once stated that before deciding to follow Jesus, we should consider how good we look on wood!<\/p>\n

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The message from today\u2019s readings is simple and straightforward: following Jesus will involve suffering and service.<\/p>\n

This is not your usual promo for a career. Jesus doesn\u2019t offer any perks or career advancement benefits. He proclaims right up front that he himself, the Son of Man and Son of God, did not come to be served but to serve, and not only that \u2013 he goes all the way and gives his life as a ransom for all of humanity.<\/p>\n

Yet that call to total commitment is itself the best and proven way to live a life that is full of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. There is no life better lived, then to give one\u2019s life for the highest of all causes, and there is no higher cause than following Jesus.<\/p>\n

The suffering that a disciple is called to is redemptive suffering \u2013 connected to the suffering of Jesus, and borne as Jesus bore his suffering, without resentment or bitterness, forgiving those who were crucifying him. It is this kind of suffering that will help build up the reign of God here on earth.<\/p>\n

The service that we are called to, is to offer our time, talent and treasure, to use our God-given gifts to make the world a better place, to build up the reign of God here on earth. St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta\u2019s advice is helpful here: \u201cWhat we would like to do for Jesus, whom we cannot see, we can do to the person next to us, whom we can see, and we will be doing it to Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eucharist makes present the sacrificial love of Jesus on the cross, and also empowers us to go out and live Calvary in slow motion by living lives of service to all of humanity.<\/p>\n

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Suffering and Service (Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31; Mt 20:17-28) ************************************* Activist Daniel Berrigan once stated that before deciding to follow Jesus, we should consider how good we look on wood! The message from today\u2019s readings is simple and straightforward: following Jesus will involve suffering and service. This is not your usual promo for a career. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}