Saturday of the 34th
Week of Ordinary Time
Luke's prophetic discourse continues and unlike Mark and
Matthew, the Lukan Jesus has more general advice. This community of
disciples…which now includes me…is a long-haul community. No need
to get into specifics or time-tables.
The general exhortation relates to distraction.
What could be more universal and timeless? It isn't just a matter
of staying alert and attentive…but what is the object of the alertness?
The proper object makes all the difference. It is love, healing, peace,
hope. It is God and God's creation---everything that is true and
beautiful and good---that is the antidote for my endless distractions that bid
me into a game called "Famished Craving"...A game where I keep trying to get more of what I really
don't need; more of what will never satisfy; a more that has no real
object…just more.
You have made us for
yourself,
O Lord, and our heart
is restless until it rests in you.
St.
Augustine, The Confessions
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