Feast of
St. Benedict, Abbot
Monday of
Week 15 in Ordinary Time
Matthew
10:34-11:1
I have
come to bring not peace but the sword
This is a tough text
for me to wrap my head around. I chalk
it up to the particular context when Matthew’s gospel was written. In the nascent post resurrection community
there were real ruptures happening in families as some Jews continued following
“the way” when it became apparent that to do so would separate one from the
Synagogue community. There was painfully
real “setting against” going on.
It is easy to belong to
a group/club/organization that makes no demands. What does my belonging to the Christian
Community demand of me? My very claim of
being a disciple means that I am “set for” the gospel/love/mercy etc. That’s the “heads” part of the coin. But there is a “tails.” Perhaps the “tails”
is anything that subtly or not-so-subtly gets in the way. The onus is on me to name the “tails.”
But I am allowed to ask
for help;)
St. Benedict, the
master of community living, pray for me.
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