TODAY 26th june 2016 we are in Cycle 3: celebrating 13th Ordinary Sunday mass.
A. Back Ground
When we summarize reflections of all these 13 sundays: we will see, to become a catholic professional, mainly involve 3 actions:
A.1 Major points to be considered to become a PROFESSIONAL
(1)what knowledge you should be interested
(2) how to lead your life according to that knowledge
(3)by implementing your knowledge what result you can obtain for your life.
This is true for any profession: for example, if you are a medical doctor, you are interested about, how human body function, then you study that subject to benefit to you as well as society. By doing that you will be happy, as well as society will be happy.
A.2 how to become a Catholic Professional?
There are many professions in the world, but common profession is every human will like to know about his own life, how to be happy with time. That is why, catholic profession is important for you.
So in summary:
(1) To become any professional, you should develop your knowledge focusing on that subject: similarly, as a catholic professional, you should know how you have been created, what is the purpose of creation, in order to achieve the purpose of creation, how you should lead your life.
(2) There are many religions in the world,they all tell LOVE,NOT TO SIN, and PROCESS TO FOLLOW TO ERSE THE BAD EFFECTS OF SIN. But you should be clear how Catholicism differentiate with other religions. 5 major points:
Only one birth/sin is going against 10 commandments and avoid 7 vices/effect of your sins,can be treated by Repentance, confession with a priest and carrying out by indulgence activities. You should lead a happy life by having peaceful mind(after repentance, confession and receiving Eucharist) then have a worry less mind(after handing over your worries to Mary/saints), then you can develop happy mind, after having good health and carrying out your actions with latest technology(efficiently). With happy mind convert your talents to energy. How to convert, first convert your talents to skills,then develop KNOWLEDGE, then by hard work develop good attitude. Finally, for the love of God, you apply to society.
At the end, you will see, catholic professional, will enjoy life, disseminating message of God, applying to his life, as well as be an interface with society, to impart that knowledge or happiness to them.
In addition good professional should carry out obligation to his parents by looking after them.
A.3 The points that you, should consider, when you move in life?
No body can control the climate of the world, except God. Today it might rain and tomorrow it might be sunny. Only God controls. Similarly, during your professional life, you have to control your life. No body else will be responsible for that. Hence your life always moves with temp death by sin, again regaining temp birth with grace, with Pardoning process. We analyze the importance of repentance for sin in more detail. You will see, when there is no confession, your repentance normally become mechanical, and you tend to undermine sin. In every confession, you tend to verify your life, whether you are correctly following the teaching of Jesus, without un bias way.
A.4
What is cross?
Then we analyze, What is cross, cross is suffering. This can be due to your bad experience, of your life due to your own health,loss of expected outcome in your life or problems coming outside to you, which is affecting you badly. This can be from your family members or friends or from the society. How to manage cross?. Is the major teaching of Catholicism. Last sunday we found, Jesus is inviting us to carry our cross or manage our cross to follow HIM.
B. Pre amble for to days readings:
B.1 Today, church invite us to reflect
(1)when you become good catholic professional, how pride baloones in your life,retarding your happiness
(2) how to manage your life,balancing spirituality with earth bound cravings such as money power and desires.
So today readings, invite you to analyze,practical problems, you might encounter, when you are moving as a good catholic professional, such as Pride or 7 vices. Try to study about 7 vices(ie sloth, anger, pride, lust, avarice, envy and gluttony. Avoiding these 7 vices fully can only be done when you understand Catholicism or when you know God's theory and your actions are for the love of God.
C. Today's Reading:
Book of Kings says Elijah anoints Elisha as his successor
Paul says Christ called us to live in freedom.Hence love another.
Lk 9:51-62 says Jesus in vain invites others to follow HIM.Yet disciples wanted to call fire from heaven
D. Reminds:
1)A professional Catholic has to manage;
a)Earth bound cravings such as Power,Money&Desires(Jesus ask3people)&
b)your own ego(disciples ask fire);
2)Not knowing how to manage above(a&b),tend to increase Crosses(disagreements&sorrows)
3)Next to sloth&anger,Pride becomes important to avoid in 7vices,for you to follow God's Will;
4)When God is with you,you may develop pride without your knowledge&you may act like God-judging &deciding punishment for others sin,where it should be an act of God;
5)In order to be happy;
a)Follow7 Ethics. Manage your earth bound cravings;
b)Avoid7vices to show you are not God;
c)Respect other's freedom,where you cannot judge what they think or do!
E. Conclusion:
2 major reflections, arising from today's reading: without good knowledge about Catholicism, you cannot just explain and convince others who is God!.
Other factor is when you are moving with other catholic professional, without your knowledge Pride bloomed around you!
When you analyze Pride in little more, you will see: It is Great an admiration of oneself and has7evil consequences:
boasting,
love for publicity,
hypocrisy,
hard head ness,
discord,quarreling and
disobedience
leads to your own EGOISM.
Up to now we know, alone with pride, you should avoid laziness and anger:
Let us analyse, other important 7 vices, that you should be careful in your life;
They are
AVARICE: your greediness,leading to fraud,perjury,dishonesty,
#LUST: Dis orientated love that seeks not other but personal individualistic pleasure& satisfaction in all you do. Desire for pleasure is good thing in life. Life would be sapless without it. What is dangerous is inordinate craving for it. Jesus advocate a simple life & conscious of dangers of riches& money
#ENVY: demanding,"WHY SHOULD NOT I HAVE EVERY THING THAT OTHERS HAVE?" Which leads to JEALOUSY
#Gluttony:this follows from disorderly animal appetite, obsession with food and drink to point of LIVING TO EAT,RATHER THAN EATING TO LIVE.
So finally to days readings invite us;
To be a good catholic professional and serve the society, when you are doing that be careful your own Egotism!
GBU
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