Think back to a time when your heart was ready to burst. You couldn’t take anymore. It could be an experience on a retreat or a tender moment with someone you love, like a child. Your heart is so complete that you are crying out, “Stop! Enough! I get this often when I visit the children in our school.
However, there is a challenge that makes you push you past your limit. It happened in the gospel we just heard/read. A scribe asked Jesus the greatest commandment and got two: love of God with everything you have and love your neighbor as yourself.
A neighbor could be anyone, including opponents and enemies. It could include people experiencing poverty we pass by. It could be someone telling us the truth about ourselves, and we don’t want to hear it. Anything that ruffles our feathers can be a challenge from Jesus to let go of something we treasure for what He wants us to grow into.
Gospel Challenge:
Could Jesus challenge me to love God and my neighbor by sacrificing time I give up for more time with Him and my family/friends? I may need to assess the amount of time I could volunteer in a parish ministry or worthy cause.
If I am at the point I don’t want to hear anymore, listen carefully. Jesus is speaking. Don’t be like the crowd, “No one dared to ask Him any more questions. Discover where Jesus is leading you. You won’t be alone.
Love Your Neighbor:
Please join me in praying for all baptized Catholics to be faithful to Jesus in the Holy Mass every weekend. Hail Mary, full of grace…
Mother Mary, “I am yours now and forever. Through you and with you, I always want to belong completely to Jesus.” The Surrender Novena – InHeartland. https://inheartland.com/pages/the-surrender-novena
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Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 3/8/2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 3rd Week in Lent
March 8, 2024, Mark 12:28-34
Friday of the Third Week of Lent | USCCB
Don’t ask any more questions.
Think back to a time when your heart was ready to burst. You couldn’t take anymore. It could be an experience on a retreat or a tender moment with someone you love, like a child. Your heart is so complete that you are crying out, “Stop! Enough! I get this often when I visit the children in our school.
However, there is a challenge that makes you push you past your limit. It happened in the gospel we just heard/read. A scribe asked Jesus the greatest commandment and got two: love of God with everything you have and love your neighbor as yourself.
A neighbor could be anyone, including opponents and enemies. It could include people experiencing poverty we pass by. It could be someone telling us the truth about ourselves, and we don’t want to hear it. Anything that ruffles our feathers can be a challenge from Jesus to let go of something we treasure for what He wants us to grow into.
Gospel Challenge:
Could Jesus challenge me to love God and my neighbor by sacrificing time I give up for more time with Him and my family/friends? I may need to assess the amount of time I could volunteer in a parish ministry or worthy cause.
If I am at the point I don’t want to hear anymore, listen carefully. Jesus is speaking. Don’t be like the crowd, “No one dared to ask Him any more questions. Discover where Jesus is leading you. You won’t be alone.
Love Your Neighbor:
Please join me in praying for all baptized Catholics to be faithful to Jesus in the Holy Mass every weekend. Hail Mary, full of grace…
Mother Mary, “I am yours now and forever. Through you and with you, I always want to belong completely to Jesus.” The Surrender Novena – InHeartland. https://inheartland.com/pages/the-surrender-novena
Peace be with you.
Fr. Rick Pilger, I.C.
pastor@bscchurch.com
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