Wednesday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time
Bl. Ingrid of Sweden, (+1282)
Commentary of the day
Saint Eucherius : "Jesus left and went to a deserted place"
Reading
Coloss. 1:1-8.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother,
to the holy ones and faithful brothers in Christ in Colossae: grace to you
and peace from God our Father.
We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we
pray for you,
for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have
for all the holy ones
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. Of this you have already
heard through the word of truth, the gospel,
that has come to you. Just as in the whole world it is bearing fruit and
growing, so also among you, from the day you heard it and came to know the
grace of God in truth,
as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow slave, who is a
trustworthy minister of Christ on your behalf
and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Lk 4:38-44.
After he left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon's
mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with
him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up
immediately and waited on them.
At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to
him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.
And demons also came out from many, shouting, "You are the Son of God." But
he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that he
was the Messiah.
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went
looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him from
leaving them.
But he said to them, "To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news
of the kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent."
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
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Commentary of the day
Saint Eucherius (?-c.450), Bishop of Lyons
In praise of the desert
"Jesus left and went to a deserted place"
Might we not reasonably suggest that the desert is a limitless temple for
our God? Because undoubtedly, someone living in silence is going to take
pleasure in solitary places. It is there that he often makes himself known
to his saints; it is under cover of the solitude that he condescends to
encounter people.It was in the desert that Moses saw God, his
face bathed in light... It was there that he was permitted to converse
familiarly with the Lord; he exchanged speech with him; he conversed with
the Lord of heaven just as people habitually converse with their fellows.
It was there he received the staff that had power to work wonders and,
after entering the desert as a shepherd of sheep, he left the desert as a
shepherd of peoples (Ex 3; 33,11; 34). Similarly, when the
people of God were to be set free from Egypt and delivered from their
earthly works, did they not make their way into a place apart and take
refuge in the solitudes? Yes indeed, it was in the desert that it was to
draw near to this God who snatched them out of their bondage... And the
Lord made himself the leader of his people, guiding them across the desert.
Day and night along the way he set a pillar, a burning flame or a shining
cloud, as a sign from heaven... Thus the children of Israel, while living
in the solitudes of the desert, attained the vision of God's throne and
heard his voice... Must I add that they did not reach the
land they desired until they had sojourned in the desert? That the people
might one day enter into possession of a land where milk and honey flowed
they had first to pass through dry and uncultivated places. It is always by
means of camps in the desert that we make our way towards our true
homeland. Let those who wish to see «the bounty of the Lord in the land of
the living» (Ps 27[26],13) dwell in an uninhabitable land. Let those who
would become citizens of heaven become guests of the desert.
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