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10/25/2015

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Cycle B
 
          The Gospel passage today about Jesus’ response to Bartimaeus epitomizes a key aspect of the Church’s teachings on social justice, namely, our preferential option for the poor. A “sizable crowd” was passing by, and the center of attention was Jesus.
          Not only were people not paying attention to the man by the side of the road, but his cries proved to be a nuisance, and people tried to silence him. Bartimaeus symbolizes the marginalized of our society, the inconvenient and burdensome – in short, the unwanted. Crowds pass them by every day and don’t even want to think about them.
          Jesus, however, pays attention neither to the crowd nor to those who tried to eliminate the nuisance. He paid attention to the man at the margins. And he called him and healed him.
          As we promote a Culture of Life, there are some who want to silence even further the already silent screams of the unborn, who constitute the most marginalized and oppressed segment of humanity today.
          Yet as a Church we are called to give “urgent attention and priority” to these children (see the Pastoral Plan for Pro-life Activities of the US Bishops, 2001).
          We are called to embody the response of Christ, ignoring the rebukes of the “politically correct” segments of our society, and identifying ourselves with the “man at the margins.” Not only is this an imitation of Christ, but it is a fulfillment in our day of the prophecy of Jeremiah that we hear in the first reading. God’s promise regarding his scattered and oppressed people is, “I will gather them.”
          That’s what the pro-life effort of the Church does – it gathers back together those who are scattered by the legal fiction that their lives are not equal to the rest of people; it restores protection to those who would otherwise be scattered by the physical violence of abortion.
 
Peace and Blessings,                        Fr. Ken
 
 
XXX Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario - Ciclo B
 
          El pasaje del Evangelio de hoy acerca de la respuesta de Jesús a Bartimeo personifica un aspecto clave de las enseñanzas de la Iglesia sobre la justicia social, es decir, nuestra opción preferencial por los pobres. Una "multitud considerable" pasaba por allí, y el centro de atención era Jesús.
          No sólo la gente no presta atención al hombre a un lado de la carretera, pero sus gritos resultó ser una molestia, y la gente trató de hacerlo callar. Bartimeo simboliza a los marginados de nuestra sociedad, el incómodo y pesado - en resumen, los no deseados. Multitudes pasan por ellos todos los días y no quiero ni pensar en ellas.
          Jesús, sin embargo, no presta atención a la gente ni a los que trataron de eliminar la molestia. Él se fijó en el hombre en los márgenes. Y le llamó, y le sanó.
          Al promover una cultura de la vida, hay algunos que quieren silenciar aún más los gritos silenciosos ya de los no nacidos, que constituyen el segmento más marginados y oprimidos de la humanidad de hoy.
          Sin embargo, como Iglesia estamos llamados a dar "atención urgente y prioritaria" a estos niños (véase el Plan Pastoral para Actividades Pro-Vida de los obispos de Estados Unidos, 2001).
          Estamos llamados a encarnarla respuesta de Cristo, haciendo caso omiso de los reproches de los "políticamente correctos" los segmentos de nuestra sociedad, y la identificación de nosotros mismos con el "hombreen los márgenes." Esto no sólo es una imitación de Cristo, sino que es un cumplimiento en nuestros días de la profecía de Jeremías que escuchamos en la primera lectura. La promesa de Dios con respecto a su pueblo disperso y oprimido es: "Yo los recogeré."
          Eso es lo que el esfuerzo pro-vida de la Iglesia lo hace - que reúne de nuevo junto a aquellos que se encuentran dispersos por la ficción legal de que sus vidas no son iguales al resto de las personas, sino que restaura la protección a las personas que de otro modo serían esparcidos por la violencia física del aborto.  Paz y Bendiciones,            Padre Ken

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