Comments on: Tuesday, 6/20/17 – Be Children of Your Heavenly Father

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:37:05 +0000

Kristi, thank you for your insight. Your last paragraph is helpful today and in making sense of yesterday’s readings on justice. You have given me much to contemplate. Thank you.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:26:15 +0000

Yes, a great reflection making holiness within our grasp. Thank you, Bob.
My understanding on the ‘wrath’ question is that God’s central quality of love pervades all others. So when you add love to wrath it equals ‘discipline’ for His children. Hebrews 12 says, “You have not resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation that is addressed to you as sons….for those whom the Lord loves He disciplines and He scourges every son whom He receives….Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them. But He (God) disciplines us for our good, that we might share in His holiness “. Heb. 12:4,6,9. His ‘wrath’ is always meant for our good or the good of the world according to His plan. And only God is capable of carrying out wrath (that is meant for our good) because He alone loves perfectly at the same time.

And I can’t help but see the application right in the passage referring to our enemies. Are we not also supposed to do as Jesus did and love our enemies, on a large scale as well as on the smaller scale of our personal circle…As a Church, community, nation, at least those of us who claim to follow Christ? This demands some very unpopular and extremely difficult decisions on our part! What does it mean for us in the Church to be different from the world and it’s accepted response of self preservation to evil and our enemies? (ie. Terrorism) How is anihilation of evil in the world supposed to be obtained if we’re following Christ’s example? Through more violence and the killing of our enemies or attempting to redeem them? Isn’t the Cross our answer?

By: Mark Misencik

Mark Misencik — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:08:55 +0000

Hey Bob,

Excellent reflection.

I do have one question, taking into consideration the last verse of today’s Gospel reading, how do you explain the wrath of God?

Mark

By: Isaac

Isaac — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 09:05:21 +0000

Thanks for the meditation. God bless and keep you always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:12:40 +0000

Thanks Bob for your wonderful reflection
May the Lord God enable us to do according to His will because it is only then that we shall lead Perfect lives
May God bless you Bob abundantly

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 05:38:13 +0000

Thanks be to God

By: HY

HY — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 02:44:54 +0000

I always thought perfect means flawless and that is impossible to attain. This is a doable definition, thanks.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:49:37 +0000

Loved this reading this morning Bob. A hard thing to do at times, but so rewarding.
God Bless.