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Working with the
Word
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time C
June 30, 2013
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Focusing
the Gospel
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Key
words and phrases: resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, rebuked them, Follow me |
To
the point: As Jesus "resolutely determine[s] to journey to Jerusalem," he encounters a number of conflicts. Jesus is not welcome in a Samaritan village, he rebukes disciples who want to take revenge, he predicts the lack of comfort and security for his followers, he chides those who have excuses for not immediately following him. These conflicts arise because the journey to Jerusalem entails death: dying to self in facing this journey's conflicts; death at this journey's end. Nevertheless, the journey must be made—by Jesus, by his disciples, by us—because this is the only journey that leads to life.
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Connecting
the Gospel...
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...to
the first reading: Just as the continuation of Elijah's prophetic mission was assured by the call of Elisha, so is the continuation of Jesus' saving mission assured by the call of disciples who follow him on his journey through death to life. |
...to experience:Often opposition and conflict enable us to clarify our goals, strengthen our conviction, and increase our courage in pursuit of a vision. So it is with the inevitable conflicts that arise when we follow Jesus on the journey through dying to new life.
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Living Liturgy: Spirituality, Celebration, and Catechesis
for Sundays and Solemnities Year C - 2013, p. 167.
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS;
Kathleen Harmon, SND de N;
and Christopher W. Conlon, SM
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