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Maybe not. We will discuss how our faith does not intoxicate, but uplifts; does not replace our pain, but refocuses it upon the Cross; does not excuse or justify suffering, but admits of it; and how our faith does not reflect our lives, but instead makes our lives. | Maybe not. We will discuss how our faith does not intoxicate, but uplifts; does not replace our pain, but refocuses it upon the Cross; does not excuse or justify suffering, but admits of it; and how our faith does not reflect our lives, but instead makes our lives. | ||
----We will start today with one of the best-known passages from Scripture, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/ecclesiastes/3?1 Eccl 3:1-15], "There is a time for..." The passage has been used in popular songs, just about every funeral, and as a lame excuse for murder (yes, there is a time for that, too). The quick read is that God not we are in control and whatever we have, good or bad, is a "gift of God" (verse 14). The first section of the poem ends,<blockquote>Thus has God done that he may be revered. What now is has already been; what is to be, already is: God retrieves what has gone by.</blockquote>Whatever popular culture assumes of the poem, Christ teaches (he always extends the OT!) to "glorify your heavenly father" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5:16 Mt. 5:16]). As the paralytic picked up his mat and walked off "glorifying God" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/5?25 Lk 5:25]): so must we -- no matter in joy or sadness. | |||
== Friday, Sept 20: Typology and Salvation History == | == Friday, Sept 20: Typology and Salvation History == | ||
Carrying on from last week, we will review the concept of "typology" and apply it more directly to the "History of Salvation" -- aka ''God's plan for salvation.'' | Carrying on from last week, we will review the concept of "typology" and apply it more directly to the "History of Salvation" -- aka ''God's plan for salvation.'' | ||