Sunday 7 July 2019
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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SCOTT HAHN REFLECTS ON SUNDAY'S READINGS
Duccio, The Appearance behind Locked Doors, 1308-1311
Readings:
Isaiah 66:10-14
Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20
Galatians 6:14-18
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20
Galatians 6:14-18
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
Jesus has a vision in this week’s Gospel—Satan falling like lightning
from the sky, the enemy vanquished by the missionary preaching of His
Church.
Sent out by Jesus to begin gathering the nations into the harvest of divine judgment (see Isaiah 27:12–13; Joel 4:13), the 70 are a sign of the continuing mission of the Church.
Carrying out the work of the 70, the Church proclaims the coming of
God’s kingdom, offers His blessings of peace and mercy to every
household on earth—“every town and place He intended to visit.”
Our Lord’s tone is solemn today. For in the preaching of the Church
“the kingdom of God is at hand,” the time of decision has come for every
person. Those who do not receive His messengers will be doomed like
Sodom.
But those who believe will find peace and mercy, protection and
nourishment in the bosom of the Church, the Mother Zion we celebrate in
this week’s beautiful First Reading, the “Israel of God” Paul blesses in
this week’s Epistle.
The Church is a new family of faith (see Galatians 6:10) in which we receive a new name that will endure forever (see Isaiah 66:22), a name written in heaven.
In this week’s Psalm we sing of God’s “tremendous deeds among men”
throughout salvation history. But of all the works of God, none has been
greater than what He has wrought by the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Changing the sea into dry land was but an anticipation and
preparation for our passing over, for what Paul calls the “new
creation.”
And as the exodus generation was protected in a wilderness of serpents and scorpions (see Deuteronomy 8:15),
He has given His Church power now over “the full force of the Enemy.”
Nothing will harm us as we make our way through the wilderness of this
world, awaiting the Master of the harvest, awaiting the day when all on
earth will shout joyfully to the Lord, sing praise to the glory of His
name.
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