Gospel for June 30, 2009, Tuesday
Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. | 06/30/2009 12:05 AM
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13th Week in Ordinary Time
Firsts Martyrs of the Church of Rome
1st Reading: Gen 19:15–29
Gospel: Mt 8:23–27
Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without warning a fierce storm hit the lake, with waves sweeping the boat. But Jesus was asleep.
They woke him and cried, “Lord save us! We are lost!” But Jesus answered, “Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?” Then he stood up and ordered the wind and sea; and it became completely calm.
The people were astonished. They said, “What kind of man is he? Even the winds and the sea obey him.”
Commentary
Notwithstanding all her opportunities, notwithstanding all her special warnings from heaven, Lot’s wife lived and died godless, impenitent and unbelieving. She kept up a form of religion for fashion’s sake and not from feeling. She did as others did around her in Lot’s house; she conformed to her husband’s religion; she allowed herself to be towed along in his wake. But, all this time, her heart was wrong in the sight of God. The world was in her heart, and her heart was in the world. In this state she lived, and in this state she died.
There is a lesson here of the greatest importance in the present day. We live in times when there are many persons just like Lot’s wife. Let us value our religious privileges; but let us not rest entirely upon them. Let us use them thankfully, if God gives them to us; but let us take care that they produce fruit in our heart and life. One of the things that can harden our heart is barren familiarity with sacred things. It is not privileges, which make us Christians, but the grace of Christ. Without that, we will never experience salvation or happiness!
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