St. Aloysius A Roman Catholic Parish with a Jesuit Tradition

July 18-19

2020

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330 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, WA 99202

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Website: www.stalschurch.org

Email: mkfairbanks@dioceseofspokane.org

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611 E. Mission Ave. 489-7825 Principal: Angie Krauss

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______________________________________ Pastor/Funerals: Tom Lamanna, SJ Parish Administrator: Don Weber Liturgy, Sacraments, and Faith Formation: Michele Lassiter Liturgical Ministers: Solveig Heidberg Music Director: Andrea Timm Social Ministry: Rita Waldref Weddings/Annulments: Kathy Yates Administrative Assistant: Mary Kay Fairbanks

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Reflecting On Sunday’s Readings

THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—July 19, 2020

Introduction: Each week during Mass we pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Do we take these words for granted, and treat them lightly? For Jesus these words were not lightly spoken or lightly taught to his disciples. Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God. In Matthew’s Gospel alone the Kingdom is mentioned over seventy-five times. Over sixteen times Jesus explains what “the Kingdom of God is like,” and numerous other times states the way things are in God’s Kingdom. So, it is probably not an exaggeration to say that our ability to comprehend, believe, and live the Kingdom of God is of vital importance to Jesus.

Pope Paul VI explains, “Christ, as the herald of the gospel, announces first of all the kingdom, that is the kingdom of God, and to this he attributes such essential importance that all else becomes ‘those other things which shall be yours without the asking.’ The kingdom of God is to be considered, therefore, as the absolute good so that everything else is subordinate to it. It is the pleasure of Christ to describe in many ways the joy of belonging to this kingdom and this happiness comprises many things which the world rejects. He elaborates the requirements of this kingdom and its Magna Charta, its heralds, its mysteries, the status of little children in it and the vigilance and fidelity required to all who assist its coming.” (Evangelii Nuntiandi)

Pope Paul VI rightly speaks of the “joy of belonging” to Jesus’ Kingdom. Have you ever wondered why so many Christians view the Church as a drag, their Christian obligations as drudgery, and their responsibility to advance the Gospel as embarrassingly burdensome? Is it not because they have not yet wholeheartedly embraced Jesus and his Kingdom? Lukewarm Christianity is not much more palatable than is lukewarm coffee.

If Kingdom living is joyous as Pope Paul says, and it is, then the lack of joy in our life is evidence that we are not currently related properly to his reign in our life. It is this joy of knowing Jesus and living under his reign as King of our lives, and recipients of his love that is attractive to the world. After all, who would want to join us as followers of Christ if our faith life is viewed as a drag, drudgery, and embarrassingly burdensome? There are not many who would be attracted by the inner sorrow and long face of half-way Christianity.

Though this week’s Gospel reading speaks of separating the weeds from the good grain, Jesus’ focus is on the power and vitality of his Kingdom. Though evil people may dwell along side of Christ’s followers, they are not able to prevail over the citizens of Christ’s Kingdom. The citizens of the Kingdom are likened to a tiny mustard seed, or a small portion of leaven. Though small and insignificant in appearance they are able to affect their environment in a major way. So, Christ intends for us, the citizens of his Kingdom, though also insignificant, to affect our environment in a major way. We are able to do this as we allow Christ and his values to permeate our lives, and thus our environment. We are able to have this affect due to the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, and his constant intercession for us.

If we are to not take the Kingdom of God for granted, nor our prayer “thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,” it must become our consuming passion to know the mysteries of the Kingdom and to experience its reality in our daily lives. This requires the radical conversion of which we spoke previously this month, a conversion which places ourselves and our interests in subordination to Christ and his wishes. Only when we do, will the purposes and mandate of his reign find their fulfillment through us. Only when we do, will we begin to experience the “joy of belonging” to his Kingdom.

First Reading — Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 13 For neither is there any god besides thee, whose care is for all men, to whom thou shouldst prove that thou hast not judged unjustly; … 16 For thy strength is the source of righteousness, and thy sovereignty over all causes thee to spare all. 17 For thou dost show thy strength when men doubt the completeness of thy power, and dost rebuke any insolence among those who know it. 18 Thou who art sovereign in strength dost judge with mildness, and with great forbearance thou dost govern us; for thou hast power to act whenever thou dost choose. 19 Through such works thou has taught thy people that the righteous man must be kind, and thou hast filled thy sons with good hope, because thou givest repentance for sins.

1. Describe the joyous aspects of God’s justice.

Responsorial Reading — Psalms 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 5 For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee. 6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; hearken to my cry of supplication. …

9 All the nations thou hast made shall come and bow down before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great and doest wondrous things, thou alone art God. …

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. 16 Turn to me and take pity on me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

Second Reading — Romans 8:26-27 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 27 And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

2. How does the Holy Spirit help us live a life consistent with God’s will and Kingdom?

Gospel Reading — Matthew 13:24-43 24 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?’ 28He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he said, ‘No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

31 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of

flour, till it was all leavened.” 34 All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfil

what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He answered, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of man; 38 the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one,39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. 41 The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, 42 and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

3. Describe your understanding of what the “reign of God” means.

4. What characteristic from these parables most impressed you about the “reign of God”?

5. Where do you see yourself in Jesus’ explanation of the first parable?

Scripture text is from the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition, (New York: The National Council of Churches) 1997, c1994. Reflecting On Sunday’s Readings, Copyright 2020, Richard A. Cleveland.

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