Fifi Ẹni Kan si Ijọba naa

ORO TI WONYI NIPA IKA KA
fun Ọjọbọ, Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọjọ 4, Ọdun 2016
Iranti iranti ti St. Jean Vianney, Alufa

Awọn ọrọ Liturgical Nibi

GBOGBO ọjọ, Mo gba imeeli lati ọdọ ẹnikan ti o binu nipa nkan ti Pope Francis ti sọ laipẹ. Lojojumo. Awọn eniyan ko ni idaniloju bi wọn ṣe le baamu pẹlu ṣiṣan nigbagbogbo ti awọn ọrọ papal ati awọn iwoye ti o dabi ẹni pe o lodi si awọn ti o ti ṣaju rẹ, awọn asọye ti ko pe, tabi ti o nilo oye ti o pọ julọ tabi ti o tọ. ^[1]wo Pope Francis yẹn! Apá II

Today’s Gospel is one of the most famous passages Jesus spoke to Peter, and which has been applied from the Early Church until this day to that first pope’s successors. Jesus declares Peter to be the “apata” upon which He will build His Church, and hands the Apostle the “keys of the kingdom.” This is a pretty big deal. But shockingly, only a few verses later, Jesus is now rebuking the Rock for worldly thinking!

Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do. (Today’s Gospel)

Yes, the one who is a rock suddenly becomes a stumbling stone. And so, it is good to remind ourselves that not only popes, but especially ara wa ni o wa prone si thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.

In fact, this is the reason why so many Christians are sad, divided, and rather dim lamps: we have lost a “Kingdom perspective.”  We are sad because our plans and possessions, or desire to possess, are taken away from us. Instead of “seeking first the kingdom” and “being about our Father’s business” we are building our own kingdoms and about our own business, leaving God well out of the picture. When the world unravels, we are unsettled and shaken because our peace and security is threatened.

But when did the following Scriptures cease to apply to us?

Ibukun ni fun awọn talaka ninu ẹmi, nitori tiwọn ni ijọba ọrun. (Mát. 5: 3)

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matt 10:39)

It is precisely when we become ju itura ju reliant upon ourselves, our wealth, our know-how, our skills, etc. turning them into little idols, that the Lord allows a “shaking” in our lives to remind us that everything is temporal, everything is vanity, a “chase after the wind.” This isn’t a game; our lives are not these micro-dramas where, in the end, everything will work out for everyone. Jesus didn’t die to be dramatic, but to save us from eternal separation from Him. In truth, Hell begins on earth for most of us whenever we lose a Kingdom perspective and begin to live like this world is all there is: depression, anxiety, worry, fear, anger, compulsiveness, division, greediness… these are just some of the bitter fruits that spring up in the heart, whether one is a billionaire or working at minimum wage.

Perhaps we too need to hear Jesus’ rebuke for us who have let worldliness slip into our lives and Satan through the back door. We have to begin in earnest (again) the work of conversion in our lives. Repentance precedes communion with God—there is no other path. And the first stage of repentance is to begin thinking as God does.

The fastest way to learn the will of God and to enter into communion with Him is prayer—prayer of the heart. ^[2]cf. Prayer From the Heart Many Catholics can “say their prayers”, but prayer of the heart is more: it is ibaraẹnisọrọ ati communion, not just a string of pious words. In prayer is where we surrender to God over and over again, asking His forgiveness and mercy daily, and seeking His strength, wisdom, and guidance. It is where we begin to gaze upon the face of the Lord and let Him transform us.

I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives how to know the Lord. (First reading)

We are not abandoned—unless we abandon Him. And never should we despair either if we find ourselves on the same side as Peter—on the end of a rebuke from the Creator.

Whom fun ẹniti Oluwa fẹràn, o bawi; o nà gbogbo ọmọ ti o jẹwọ. (Heb 12: 6)

Rather, let it be an opportunity to return to the Lord again, to remind yourself that even the best things in this world are temporal, as is suffering, and that ultimately, our baptism is an invitation to know God, and make Him known.

A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me. Give me back the joy of your salvation, and a willing spirit sustain in me. I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall return to you… My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. (Today’s Psalm)

Mark is coming to Philadelphia in September. awọn alaye Nibi. 

A nilo atilẹyin rẹ fun iṣẹ-ojiṣẹ alakooko kikun yii.
Bukun fun ọ, ati pe o ṣeun.

Lati irin ajo pẹlu Marku ninu awọn Bayi Ọrọ,
tẹ lori asia ni isalẹ lati alabapin.
Imeeli rẹ kii yoo pin pẹlu ẹnikẹni.