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Lent Week Three 2010
By Pat Lee | March 12, 2010
Friday : March 12, 2010
Readings : 2 Kings 5:1-15; Luke 4: 24-30
Scripture Verse: Now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel. 2 Kings 5:15
Reflection: Saint Lawrence was a deacon in the 3rd century AD. It was a time of persecution and Deacon Lawrence was informed that the government wished to sell all the treasures of the Christian churches. The governor commissioned Deacon Lawrence to gather all the treasures into one church building so that the governor could have his pick before the sale began. When the governor arrived at the appointed church, he found the worship space filled with the weak, the blind, the lame and the sick. Deacon Lawrence told the governor, “These are the treasures of the church.” Deacon Lawrence was executed (martyred) for this act of Christian witness.
Our readings for today invite us to reflect on the reality that we are to be a healing church. The healing tradition—from Elisha in our first reading… to Jesus in our gospel… to two thousand years of Christian tradition… to us today—is carried out through our pastoral care, our care for one another, our care for the people we encounter in daily life, our care for people in hospitals, retirement/nursing homes, our care for people through our outreach, our care for people through our prayers. As Christians we believe in God’s healing love and offer ourselves as instruments of that healing love.
We remember the prayer of the psalmist: “Athirst is my soul for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?” (Psalm 42:3)
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