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Signs of the time. 
Tuesday, 34th week in ordinary time – Luke 21:5-11 
 
Jesus is talking to his disciples in the temple which is where he has been teaching since the beginning of chapter twenty. 
 
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Signs of the time.
Tuesday, 34th week in ordinary time – Luke 21:5-11

Jesus is talking to his disciples in the temple which is where he has been teaching since the beginning of chapter twenty. 

To read the full text go on this link below.
https://www.pottypadre.com/signs-of-the-time-tuesday-34th-week-in-ordinary-time-luke-215-11/

Signs of the time | Luke 21:5-11

Luke 21: 1-4 | Homily | 23rd November, 2020

Give out of your means not your meanness? | Luke 21:1-4

Sunday Homily | Solemnity of Christ the Universal King | Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 12:46-50 | Homily

Today’s feast celebrates an important truth about Mary. From the beginning of her life, she was dedicated to God, given over to God’s purposes. She is the prime example of the group that Jesus refers to in today’s gospel as those “who do the will of my Father in heaven.” Today’s feast celebrates the fact that from her childhood Mary did the will of God, and was therefore ready to become the temple of God’s Son at the time of God’s choosing. 
Perhaps today, it is a good and holy thing for Christian parents to proactively dedicate their children to God, or even to invite them to consider a life consecrated to God as priests or religious. While some may consider it an imposition for parents to so explicitly encourage their children to take steps down that holy path, all parents, in fact, are energetic in promoting some aspects of secular pursuits in their child for which they make no apology.

Today’s feast celebrates an important truth about Mary. From the beginning of her life, she was dedicated to God, given over to God’s purposes. She is the prime example of the group that Jesus refers to in today’s gospel as those “who do the will of my Father in heaven.” Today’s feast celebrates the fact that from her childhood Mary did the will of God, and was therefore ready to become the temple of God’s Son at the time of God’s choosing. 
Perhaps today, it is a good and holy thing for Christian parents to proactively dedicate their children to God, or even to invite them to consider a life consecrated to God as priests or religious. While some may consider it an imposition for parents to so explicitly encourage their children to take steps down that holy path, all parents, in fact, are energetic in promoting some aspects of secular pursuits in their child for which they make no apology.

The presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |  Matthew 12:46-50

Lethal Jesus, mad and riled | Luke 19:45-48

Jesus was riding a donkey a rather unusual animal one might think for such a triumphant entry. In the ancient Middle Eastern world, leaders rode horses if they rode to war, but donkeys if they came in peace. So the riding of the donkey was not demeaning, it wasn’t a symbol of lacking power. When Jesus indicates to his disciples that he should ride on a donkey that no one had ever ridden before, he is initiating a public, kingly act. He is revealing openly that he is the Messiah. 
Jesus entered Jerusalem on what could only be the most chaotic day; it was Passover. Jerusalem was the centre of the Jewish faith. Everyone would be there and ironically most of them wouldn’t even know God was right there in their midst. They were too busy expecting this great king; a man who would lead the nation to their greatest moment as they would go to war and defeat their Roman oppressors.

Jesus was riding a donkey a rather unusual animal one might think for such a triumphant entry. In the ancient Middle Eastern world, leaders rode horses if they rode to war, but donkeys if they came in peace. So the riding of the donkey was not demeaning, it wasn’t a symbol of lacking power. When Jesus indicates to his disciples that he should ride on a donkey that no one had ever ridden before, he is initiating a public, kingly act. He is revealing openly that he is the Messiah.
Jesus entered Jerusalem on what could only be the most chaotic day; it was Passover. Jerusalem was the centre of the Jewish faith. Everyone would be there and ironically most of them wouldn’t even know God was right there in their midst. They were too busy expecting this great king; a man who would lead the nation to their greatest moment as they would go to war and defeat their Roman oppressors.

Jesus wept | Luke 19:41-44

The parable seems to have two parallel story lines. First, the hostility between the king and the citizens who want to be rid of him. Second, the interactions between the king and his slaves. 
 
To read the full text go on this link below. 
https://www.pottypadre.com/paralysis-by-analysis-wednesday-33rd-week-in-ordinary-time-luke-1911-28/

The parable seems to have two parallel story lines. First, the hostility between the king and the citizens who want to be rid of him. Second, the interactions between the king and his slaves.

To read the full text go on this link below.
https://www.pottypadre.com/paralysis-by-analysis-wednesday-33rd-week-in-ordinary-time-luke-1911-28/

Paralysis by Analysis | Luke 19:11-28

Blind but not mute | Luke 18:35-43

Jesus has left the temple and is sitting on the Mount of Olives (24:3). He is now teaching His disciples privately who want to know more about the Parousia. This He does by weaving descriptions, comparisons, examples and parables. Jesus describes the signs of the end of age in tumultuous terms. Persecutions and false messiahs will be the order of the day. There will be a cosmic upheaval which will help one to rightly identify the prophecies of the Parousia.

Matthew 25:14-30 | Homily

Homily | Luke 18:1-8

St Luke tells us that Jesus told them this parable about their need to pray. Clearly prayer is not an option, there is a need to pray. Sadly, many translate the need to pray as a burden and look at it as a duty; prayer is a privilege. Yet as we will see in verse eight, merely ‘continual prayer’ is not what is meant by Jesus but rather a prayer that increases faith (verse 8). Fidelity to God and Jesus must be the engine of prayer.

Prayer; not a duty but a privilege | Luke 18:1-8

Luke 17:26-37 | Homily

Trinkets or Jewels ? | Luke 17:26-37

Luke 17:20-25 | Homily

Delay does not mean denying | Luke 17: 20-25

Homily | Luke 17:11-19

Jesus has begun a long road to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51) which will end in chapter 19. Somewhere on that route we are told of this encounter with the ten lepers. As he enters a village, they approach him calling out to him “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us” but keeping their distance because they are unclean.

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