23 Feb 2025
3 CommentsAbout Being Tested
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For 23 February 2025, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on 1 Samuel 26:2, 7–9, 12–13, 22–23
Saul rose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, with three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph. So David and Abishai went to the army by night; there Saul lay sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army lay around him. Abishai said to David, ‘God has given your enemy into your hand today; now therefore let me pin him to the ground with one stroke of the spear; I will not strike him twice.’ But David said to Abishai, ‘Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?’ So David took the spear that was at Saul’s head and the water-jar, and they went away. No one saw it, or knew it, nor did anyone awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
Then David went over to the other side, and stood on top of a hill far away, with a great distance between them. David replied, ‘Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it. The Lord rewards everyone for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
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.
24 February 2025 @ 1:40 am
Thank you Fr. Scott.
24 February 2025 @ 2:11 am
Thanks , Scott , for this powerful reminder of our basic Christian calling to love in these chaotic times. Thanks, too, for all you have done and continue to do to keep Wordop a vital part of so many of our lives.
24 February 2025 @ 3:23 am
You are both very welcome. Thanks for listening. It really is a pleasure to be part of this great ministry, with contributors from all over the world, each with their own insights.