This week join Rocio Figueroa and Lucienne Hensel in conversation with John Kleinsman reflecting on the scriptures of the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Read these scriptures at this link.
World Day of the Poor letter from Pope Francis at this link.
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I try not to repeat these daily Lenten posts year to year but there are times when the same scriptures pop up annually and I realise that I can’t write it better than I did last year. Today is one such day, not only because of the thought I share but even more in the comments that are added by FFF readers. Today I have left some of last year’s comments helping us to appreciate the power of today’s readings.
The heart of the home in years past was the hearth.
It was at the hearth that the family gathered for the warmth and light of the flame and the food that was prepared there.
The fire was treated with respect since the same flame which provided energy for the home could just as easily destroy it.
The Israelites in their forty years in the desert were journeying from captivity to freedom, but the struggle of their desert years made them vulnerable to attack from every temptation as today’s first reading continues
I’m not sure if children today are told the great story of the Emperor’s New Clothes, but if not let’s make sure that the parable is taught at all schools of higher learning.
A few years ago I discovered the wonderful way that God uses my imagination in my prayer.
Such openness to imagination when seeking God does not take us away from reality into fantasy but instead brings me into what is most real and inescapably personal and intimate.
Your conversation was very helpful today when I led a reflection to staff as part of our fortnightly formation. Thank you so much reminding us that all of creation is dependent on God’s providence and that the poor reveal to us something about God – what is real, essential and open to receive the consolation of the Gospel. Thank you John, Lucienne and Rocio.