{"id":18121,"date":"2015-03-05T01:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T07:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=18121"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:58:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:58:45","slug":"bearers-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/bearers-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearers of Love","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p>THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS<br \/>for Thursday of the Second Week of Lent, March 5th, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Liturgical texts <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/030515.cfm\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/compassion_Fotor_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>TRUTH <\/strong>without charity is like a blunt sword that cannot pierce the heart. It might cause people to feel pain, to duck, to think, or step away from it, but Love is what sharpens truth such that it becomes a <em>living<\/em> word of God. You see, even the devil can quote Scripture and produce the most elegant apologetics. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Matt 4;1-11<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> But it is when that truth is transmitted in the power of the Holy Spirit that it becomes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow. (Heb 4:12)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Here I am trying to speak in plain language of something that is mystical in nature. As Jesus said,<em> &#8220;The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">John 3:28<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Not so the one who walks in the flesh:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, mono; font-size: small;\">Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert&#8230; (First reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Pope Francis describes such Christians as ones who are &#8220;worldly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Spiritual worldliness, which hides behind the appearance of piety and even love for the Church, consists in seeking not the Lord\u2019s glory but human glory and personal well-being&#8230; This stifling worldliness can only be healed by breathing in the pure air of the Holy Spirit who frees us from self-centredness cloaked in an outward religiosity bereft of God. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of the Gospel!<\/strong> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, <em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 93,97<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Instead&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, mono; font-size: small;\">Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked\u00a0nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law day and night. (Today&#8217;s Psalm)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">That is, blessed is the man who does not follow the counsel of &#8220;progressive&#8221; talk shows nor chase after fleeting pleasures like a pagan. Who does not spend his days watching mindless television or surfing endless garbage on the internet or wasting his time playing empty games, gossiping, and losing\u00a0precious time&#8230; but\u00a0<em>blessed is the one who prays, who has a deep personal relationship with the Lord, who listens for His voice and obeys it, who breathes the pure air of the Holy Spirit, not the foul stench of the world&#8217;s sin and empty promises. Blessed is the one who seeks first the Kingdom of God, not man&#8217;s kingdoms, and who puts his trust in the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, mono; font-size: small;\">He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season&#8230; In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit. (Psalm and first reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">When a man or woman like this speaks the truth, there is a supernatural force behind their words which become like divine seeds cast upon the heart of their listener. For when they are bearing the fruit of the Spirit\u2014<em>love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control<\/em>&#8230; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Gal 5:22-23<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> their words take on the life and character of God. In fact, the presence of Christ in them is often a <em>Word<\/em> in itself spoken in silence.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The world today is like a <em>&#8220;a lava waste, salt and empty earth.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_18121_1('footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">First reading<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_18121_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> It is awaiting the sons and daughters of God, the bearers of Love, to come and transform it by their <em>holiness.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Holy people alone can renew humanity.\u00a0\u2014<\/strong>POPE JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0<em>Message to the Youth of the World<\/em>, World Youth Day; n. 7; Cologne Germany, 2005<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/come-out-of-babylon\/\">Come Out of Babylon<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><em>Thanks for your support<br \/>of this full-time ministry!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Supportbtnbeige\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Supportbtnbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To subscribe, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><em><strong>here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Spend 5 minutes a day with Mark, meditating upon the daily <\/span><a style=\"color: #800000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">Now Word<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> in the Mass readings <br \/>for these forty days of Lent.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><strong><br \/>A sacrifice that will feed your soul!<\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; color: #800000;\">SUBSCRIBE<strong> <em><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-12200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png\" alt=\"NowWord Banner\" width=\"466\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png 798w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_18121_1();\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_18121_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_18121_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_18121_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_18121_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_18121_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_18121_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. 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