He Healed Him November 3

“He healed him.” Luke 14:4

Piety

Prayer for the Women of the 123rd Cursillo:

We give thanks to God as we remember you each day of this special weekend, praying with joy during every hour until Sunday evening that you may always experience the special partnership of God’s friendship.

We are confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus because you are loveableand Christs offers you His unconditional healing love. God doesn’t make anything that is not full of uses for the Kingdom.

We, the community of Cursillistas from the Diocese of Arlington, hold you in our hearts, you who are all partners in grace and friendship as we struggle with the laypersons role in the Church and the Church’s role in the modern world.

How we long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus that we will pray and offer sacrifices of palanca to support and raise you up this weekend.

Inspired by St. Paul’s prayer form his prison cell, this is our prayer for you:

To all the holy sisters in Christ Jesus who are in Washington, DC in the St. Joseph Seminary with your team and spiritual directors as guiding lights: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May your healing love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception through your Study, to discern what is of value and what is your Ideal.

May you be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, overcoming all obstacles to God’s friendship through his sacraments and grace through acts of Piety.

May your Christian Action in Community fill you with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

May you take the blessings of this weekend forward rooted in Faith, Hope and Love for God, for your neighbors and for your enemies.

And may you always remember that of all the commandments, the greatest of these is Love.

Amen.

Study
http://www.usccb.org/nab/110306.shtml

Nothing stops Jesus from love. We see it time and time and time again. Today, he pours out that love and risks another confrontation with the Pharisees. But Jesus will always take risks to love us no matter what the world or Jewish traditionalists say.

Today’s reading is the second time in Luke’s Gospel that Jesus compares healing on the Sabbath day to caring for family or livestock. In the notes to NAB from the first incident, we learned that “the law as interpreted by Jewish tradition allowed for the untying of bound animals on the Sabbath.”[1] Jesus had the previous confrontation with them over curing the woman who was crippled in on the Sabbath. (Luke 13:10 ff).

Careful not to reprimand Jesus, the leader of the synagogue then told the people who wanted to be healed to leave and come back any of the other six days of the week. “But the leader of the synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath, said to the crowd in reply, ‘There are six days when work should be done. Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.’”

Jesus teaches that the greatest commandment, Love, is not restricted to six days of the week, not seven days a week, not even eight days a week.

Jesus publicly accused his critics of hypocrisy and humiliated them. When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated; and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.

Today, Jesus is having more of a private group reunion with the Pharisees. After dining with them, he brings up healing on the Sabbath again. But this time the Pharisees remain silent. They are probably embarrassed about the earlier incident and want to avoid further public humiliation. He drives home the same point again by healing the man and sending him on his way.

Tucked right between these two confrontations, at this point in Jesus public ministry, some of the Pharisees were still trying to protect Jesus from Herod. That will change. As the confrontations with church leaders escalate and the power of temporal leaders is challenged with civil disobedience, the Pharisees will turn against Jesus.

Action

Please remember to pray for and support the women on the 123rd Cursillo.

Mañanita will be at the Josephite Pastoral Center, Sunday, November 5 at 7:00 AM, 1200 Varnum Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, across the street from Providence Hospital. You can park on 13th Street or along the driveway. Gather at 06:45 AM near the bottom of the steps leading to the front entrance of the Josephite Center. The Angel for the weekend will meet us and escort us to the Mañanita Area. We'll be on the St. Josephite grounds, we won't disturb neighbors, and it’s just a short walk to the Mañanita area. The Cafeteria at Providence Hospital is open on Sunday morning if you’d like something after Mañanita. It’s no Metro Diner, but it’s edible!

-Closing: That afternoon (November 5), there will be NO MASS at closing - The Closing Reception will be held in the Auditorium on the Basement level of St. Joseph Seminary. There will be signs outside directing you to the correct door so you will not need to climb the steps to the front door just to go back downstairs once inside. Parking is available on the streets around the Josephite Center, as well as some spaces on the property in front and on the right side (13th Street side). Please be seated by 3:45; closing will begin at 4:00 PM. Please bring heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages to share. See you there!

[1] http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke13.htm#foot5