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SATURDAY, July 2
Luke 23:32-43. He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!
The news is sad. An earthquake in Haiti tumbled buildings into dust. My daughter’s college roommate did not survive. A sweet girl whose boyfriend was about to propose, she was in Haiti on a university trip to help children.
Some earthquake survivors have miraculous stories to tell about being trapped for days but then rescued. They are like the ones the thief referred to in the scripture passage, the ones Jesus previously had healed. But hundreds of thousands of loved ones are like Jesus himself, their life on earth over.
The world we are born into has storms, faults, and disease. Of course we are grateful when we are spared, but we must remember that any reprieve is temporary, even for Jesus. Salvation is not an escape from nature or our bodies. Salvation is a relationship with God. To the thief on the cross who said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,” Christ replied, “Today you will be with me in Paradise.” In our dangerous world, seek the kingdom of God.
PRAY for the Diocese of Osaka (Japan)
Ps 137:1-6(7-9), 144 * 104; 1 Samuel 14:16-30; Acts 9:10-19a
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