25 May 2024
Can’t We Take That Child?
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For 25 May 2024, Saturday of week 7 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 10:13-16
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People were bringing little children to Jesus in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’ And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
25 May 2024 @ 11:24 pm
Thanks. Connie. A touching and appropriate story for our time.
26 May 2024 @ 12:34 am
Thanks, Connie! Your words evoke thoughts about one way peace could flourish in our world!
26 May 2024 @ 2:47 am
Thanks Connie! Love the story and the trust of the children in this family. They trusted God and their own parents. They knew that love expands to meet new needs, new persons, new situations.
26 May 2024 @ 2:54 am
Thanks Connie! I love the story and the trust manifested by the children. Their faith in God and in their parents knew that love expands to meet new needs, new persons, and new situations, when they are responded to with generosity.
26 May 2024 @ 3:01 am
Thanks Connie! I love the story, especially the response of the children. Their faith called forth a trust in their parents and in God, that leads to genuine generosity. They knew that love always expands to meet new needs, new persons, new situations.
26 May 2024 @ 7:42 am
A call to use our imaginations more. Hope depends on it. Children embody it. What a great invitation to us today — to imagine a world of peace and justice and then work for it. Thank you.
26 May 2024 @ 8:44 am
Thank you Sr Connie.
27 May 2024 @ 2:39 am
Connie, This was powerful after meeting Miracle Michael, Rebecca, and all the children we’ve touched in our journey. That love is a foretaste of heaven. As I await my grandnephews birth, it’s true, the child within is holds the keys to heaven. Thanks for reminding me of that
27 May 2024 @ 1:52 pm
A wonderful homily on the Little Children with Jesus. Being a child is better, yet as I write these words, my thoughts stray to the wars surrounding children in war torn countries, including the USA. But, how do I protect them–how do I keep them safe? All I have to give are prayers.
28 May 2024 @ 2:40 am
Beautiful exploration of our suffering children, Connie. Truly original and important.
Marianne