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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Fr. Tim Wratkowski, Summer Associate

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I was talking to a priest friends about this gospel it wasn't our dear Pastor father Wilson but this other priests or time out so hard gospel to preach on Jesus gives this great parable and then he explains it so what am I supposed to do but as always with the word of God there's much more than meets the eye much more than we would here initially I'd like to reflect on that word that we share that is sewn in that falls on different types of terrain in the gospel today what is that word what is are Castle talks about it being words of the Kingdom  and whenever the gospel speaks about the kingdom it it's talk what God's rain and throughout creation his being present imminently in at the center of it at the center of every being  it's this word is swing which God is present to us in the way that he comes really to save us and work for our Salvation to bring him back to himself I know where else is this more obvious than with with Jesus right he is the word spoken of by the Father the Son of God who becomes mad the word becomes flesh  assets to things we have going on here today we have two ways that we received the word we received the person Jesus the word and we also received recently received the words that he speaks  that's really what we're doing in the first half of mass every single time we we come to mass I know we obviously receive and Jesus in the Eucharist and with his body and blood in the Eucharist what about the first half of mass  it's just kind of like a couple of warm-up laps just you know what to get ready for the main event you know when we read the scriptures  well while it does do that  do the proclamation of the word proclamation of God's word which is written in human words as a play a profound Encounter With Jesus as well as it says that Jesus is speaking to us God is speaking to us and is present to us and it's Desiring to be heard in listen to  you think of the saint st-jerome who translate it provided the first music you're not authentic but definitive translation from Greek into Latin in the early church and you talk about how there's an analogy between the body that we receive of Jesus in the UK in the body that we receive in the gospel the very life of Jesus in his words that he speaks to us  any dress Cardenas you how we will approach to you Chris with do on and that's why the priests are certain things to care for the Eucharist and give it on or like genuflecting and he's very careful when he stripping comedian bust anything happen to the Eucharist you know that's not befitting it it's Saints Row talks about how what about the Jesus's words though that he do us do care and reverence an honor to that word do we really try to accept that weird to listen that word to receive it with an open heart  and this is important because this word that God speaks to us through this human word in the scriptures  bring what about further our salvation suggest as like God created us by his word you know what we think of Genesis and he fix an everything comes into being you know this word has inherent power to it  and that's where our first reading is really talking prophet Isaiah I said drives analogy of how God's word is like this rain that comes down from heaven and Waters the Earth rendering it fertile and fruitful and return to God void you know it accomplishes the end for which it was sent  and it's the same word then that we here play in the scriptures especially in the gospel this where that has a power to it it it it further affects our salvation I think we really do believe that shut that does actually speak to us business speak to us in kind of a normal Highway that I'm speaking to you right now usually write a lot of times it's kind of hidden  sometimes we are we we have kind of maybe to just meet reasons why this word we don't fight it to be play bring your vote and affected our lives may be that we don't find it to speak to us I think I made the first reason is why we kind of approach they scripture and listening to it a reading it kind of like we do anything else that we read sometimes right it's just kind of like another thing that we see you on Facebook or another Maybe kind of with the skepticism of fake news and all that be like well as this really true or is this really not you knowing and all that it's kinda good to be true or too hard and so we can kind of start to look at the word of God is as I'm going I just an ordinary word when really  we believe and we know add the Lord does speak to us through that through this his word through this human word  and I think another key thing for accepting this turn really allow me to be a fruit in our lives  is that the word needs silence right  just as I'm speaking to you now you can't hear me unless there's an adequate amount of Silence so too and we receive the spiritual word we need an adequate amount of Silence in our lives especially interior silent so that we can receive that word otherwise it's at Rocky path that kind of the birds coming to snatch it away it doesn't really find a home it doesn't find a place an open space to allow routes to come down into our heart and into dwell there  is silence is also necessary to allow that weird to continue to grow into flourish otherwise you know sometimes we experience the scripture sometimes maybe and I hope you had this experience for your your your maybe reflecting on the gospel or whatever and you really really for that voort while Lord you really speaking to me at this moment  an accident credit that's an incredible gift for me Play Sugar of hearts are touched in that in that moment of prayer times and realistically a lot of times it's kind of dry especially if you reading something like Chronicles it's just like all these lists of names and Artisans is like what are you saying to me Lord in this passage  but but a lot of times though it's that specially with the gospels and we take a moment and silence to reflect and the continuing go back over and over to that that word I'm going to be fine that it goes deeper and deeper and it affects us in different ways  and we just need time for this in a lot of times that we're really busy you know  Emerald Teresa when she was talking to a priest who is saying that he was too busy really too tight take personal time for she told him well if you're too busy for prayer you are really too busy I think a lot of times I got even myself I try to Max Smite I'm going to go from one thing to the next and taking a full advantage of every single minute I have  what if I don't take that time for silent so I don't take that extra time for find out what I'm doing becomes more empty that don't allow God's word to inform that which I'm doing to render that work you know Africa Justin Bender at Fruitful it's early finds that I do more by doing less and praying more she with with God's holy word in the scriptures and allowing him to speak to me and allow him to give me Courage ohming him to give me strength  shylights turn in this upcoming week to do a challenge I won't be here so you can't hold me accountable but you can ask me next week have a Bible challenge if we're not used to no readings turn a lot of reflecting on it there's a priest named father Larry Richards and he says he can't lose by the maximum maximum no Bible no breakfast Bible no bed  so he doesn't have breakfast unless he reads a little bit of the gospels whatever he doesn't go to bed until he until he reads a little bit from the secret and that's a part of his prayer it's a beautiful thing for us to think about  it's a movie if you feel like calling to do that this week who did she's one of those cuz when you don't eat breakfast I don't know but like maybe one of the other before I go to bed a little bit from from from your holy word what were doing that wear same to Jesus Jesus I accept you by listening to you by listening to Jesus we're telling him I want you in my heart I want you to wear to dwell on my heart I want you Revenge that which I do fruitful you know and so I can have peace and kindness and patience as we think about that as you receive the Eucharist today the you Chris which is the where do you make flash Jesus really presents in which we can allow the word of God to take allow the Lord to nourish it and bring it to yield a great fruit

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