{"id":835,"date":"2017-07-30T13:02:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2022-06-09T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:11:15","slug":"reflection-17th-sunday-in-ordinary-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/reflection-17th-sunday-in-ordinary-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the words of the Our Father we pray \u201cthy kingdom come, thy will be done.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

As Christians we are called, or as Paul speaks in Romans \u201cpredestined,\u201d to work for good. <\/p>\n

We are called to try to walk in the light which Jesus showed by his life. <\/p>\n

We are called to be \u201cconformed\u201d to the image of God\u2019s son. <\/p>\n

To do so, one tries to seek divine wisdom. As God\u2019s children, it is our heart\u2019s natural desire. Solomon, in realizing that wisdom is something not easily grasped, asks God for the wisdom to \u201cdistinguish right from wrong\u201d and \u201can understanding heart to judge [God\u2019s people whom he has been called as King to server over].\u201d This pleases God greatly for it is what God wishes all of us to ask for in our lives. Not for our own health and goodwill or that of our friends. Not for riches. Not for God to smite those whom we feel are against us. But for understanding \u2013 to ask for HIS kingdom to come – as HE wills. <\/p>\n

God calls us to ask him for the wisdom to know that our way as humans is not God\u2019s way. For God, though he walked among humans in the form of Christ, is not human. Though he speaks to the hearts of men through the Holy Spirit \u2013 man can only grasp at a microscopic speck of God\u2019s infinite being, knowledge and love. We can only imagine his kingdom. In Matthew, Christ himself attempts to explain the worth of God\u2019s kingdom to our simple human minds. He speaks to the human vanity of treasure and says that the Kingdom of Heaven is something beyond worth to which we should give all that we are. <\/p>\n

God sent his son to teach us. To provide us with an example of the path he wishes us to follow \u2013 an impossible ideal to which we are called to conform. Each in our own way called to work for good. Called to ask for God\u2019s wisdom which is sent through the Holy Spirit. Called to allow God\u2019s glory to shine through us. Called to sincerely pray \u2013 \u201cThy kingdom come, thy will be done.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
\n29\/30 June 2017
\n1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12
\nRom 8:28-30
\nMt 13:44-52<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the words of the Our Father we pray \u201cthy kingdom come, thy will be done.\u201d As Christians we are called, or as Paul speaks in Romans \u201cpredestined,\u201d to work for good. We are called to try to walk in the light which Jesus showed by his life. We are called to be \u201cconformed\u201d to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,60],"tags":[47],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}