{"id":14393,"date":"2014-03-21T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=14393"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:00:13","slug":"a-prophetic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/a-prophetic-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prophetic Life","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS<br \/><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">for March 21st, 2014<br \/> Friday of the Second Week of Lent<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\">Liturgical texts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/032114.cfm\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/stand-out_000.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>THE<\/strong> Church needs to become prophetic again. By this, I do not mean &#8220;telling the future,&#8221; but by our lives becoming a &#8220;word&#8221; to others that points to something, or rather, Someone greater. This is the truest sense of prophecy:<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;\">&#8230;prophecy in the biblical sense does not mean to predict the future but to explain the will of God for the present, and therefore show the right path to take for the future.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u2014Cardinal Ratzinger (POPE BENEDICT XVI),<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Message of Fatima, Theological Commentary<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-style: normal;\">,<\/span><\/em> <a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #5b211a; line-height: 22px; text-indent: 0px; clip-rule: nonzero; flood-color: #000000; flood-opacity: 1; lighting-color: #ffffff; stop-color: #000000; stop-opacity: 1; pointer-events: visiblepainted; color-interpolation: srgb; color-interpolation-filters: linearrgb; fill: #000000; fill-opacity: 1; fill-rule: nonzero; shape-rendering: auto; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 4; stroke-opacity: 1; text-rendering: auto; dominant-baseline: auto; text-anchor: start;\" href=\"http:\/\/212.77.1.247\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">www.vatican.va<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">What better way to explain &#8220;the will of God for the present&#8221; than by incarnating His Word\u2014becoming a <em>living<\/em> word, a living Gospel to others? In this way, we are truly sharing in Christ&#8217;s own mission.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;\"><span><strong><span style=\"color: #000066;\">The faithful, who by Baptism are incorporated into Christ and integrated into the People of God, are made sharers in their particular way in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly office of Christ.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>, 897<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We are so caught up in words today! But it is our <em>witness<\/em> that truly bears a prophetic word to others. And what is that word? That my life is more than just material; that I am living for more than a paycheck; that my goals are more than a retirement fund; that ultimately, my desire is not only Heaven, but to possess God himself.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">But you see, we can all <em>say<\/em> this, but it&#8217;s another thing to live it! And how do we live it? When we carry our crosses with peaceful resignation; when we generously share from what we cannot afford to give; when we live in simplicity; when we forgive; when we are merciful; when we are pure in body and speech; when we are modest; when we refuse to partake in gossip; when we go to Mass while everyone else sleeps in; when we take time for others; when we do not compromise the truth; when we stand our ground in love; when we are humble; when we love the unlovable; when we bless our enemies and refuse to speak ill of their faults; when we pray publicly before meals; when we acknowledge the presence of another; when we silently bear unkindness&#8230;. These are all ways that we become a prophetic word to the world around us.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Witness to Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev 19:10)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The word <em>martyr <\/em>means &#8220;witness.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14393_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14393_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14393_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14393_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14393_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14393_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">from the Greek <em>martur<\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14393_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14393_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> When we die to self in each of these little opportunities that come along each day, we are making room for Jesus in us. And Jesus is the<em> &#8220;Word made flesh.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me&#8230; (Gal 2:19-20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In both the first reading and Gospel today, we see how the witness of both Joseph and Jesus, as symbolized in the parable of the vineyard, become a <em>prophetic sign<\/em> of God&#8217;s benevolence and presence to mankind. Through their suffering, they became a &#8220;word&#8221; of the Father&#8217;s love:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">As air carries sounds waves to another&#8217;s ears, <em>love<\/em> is what carries the Word to another&#8217;s heart. And Jesus said that no greater love has any man than to lay down his life for another. The Cross is the supreme sign and essence of Christian prophecy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">But when we begin to live in this way, a prophetic life, we too will become, for some, a living stone that will be rejected. But remember the words of Christ: <em>Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet. (Today&#8217;s Gospel)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 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