MUSED MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2015

Monday, September 28, 2015

First Reading Zechariah 8: 1-8

Came the word of the Lord of hosts, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: "I'm trying to Zion with great activities and with great fury." Thus saith the Lord of hosts: "I will return to Zion and will live in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain."

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: "There will be more grandfathers and grandmothers

sitting in the streets of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing there. "

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: "If at that time the remnant of this people consider it magical, whether I would consider it miraculous? Thus saith the Lord of hosts. Thus saith the Lord of hosts:

"Behold, I will save my people from the east to the west,

and I will bring them home, so they live in the midst of Jerusalem. Then they will be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and truth. "Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 102: 16-21.29.22-23

The Lord has been building Zion and appear in his glory.

* The nations fear will be the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory respect, if you already build up Zion, and manifest themselves in your glory; if you listen to the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

* Let this be written for the generation to come, and the people who created later will praise the Lord, for he has looked out of place His holy, the Lord looked from heaven to earth, to listen to the complaints of the prisoners, to liberate people determined to be dead.

* Children thy servants shall dwell safely, and their offspring will remain in your presence. so that God's name is told in Zion, and he praised in Jerusalem, when the nations gather together and kingdoms come together to worship God.

Gospel reading Luke 9: 46-50

On one occasion a quarrel arose between the disciples about who was the greatest among them. But Jesus knowing their thoughts. So he took a child and put him on his side,

and he said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name, he receives me. And whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

For the smallest among you is the greatest. "On another occasion John said," Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we have to prevent it, because he was not following us. "Jesus answered," Do you prevent, for whoever is not against you, he sided with you. "

Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Afterthought

Being a new Jerusalem and proclaim novelty in life expectancy is our vocation. Zechariah's prophecy shows Serua and belief in God's great maintenance over the life of the ancestors and ancestral beliefs kita.Munculnya maintenance and the love of God is depicted very alive "Behold, I will save my people from the east to westernized and I will bring them home so that they live amid Jerusalem. Then they will be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and truth "

Be a new Jerusalem for this age, the social situation that we understand it, a chance for us Catholics to proclaim the life that shows partiality. If God preserve our lives, nenyediakan where life should we live, then we can show others the attitude and the way we live are good also. Various initiatives that emerge from Catholics to be a pioneer in maintaining the integrity of creation, maintaining soil fertility by making holes biopore infiltration, maintain regional catchment areas and water catchment, also fersedia clean water by building "Society Movement Love Air", turned out to be a sign of new hope in their daily lives, when others just think for their own needs, wish always comes a new initiative to preserve this beautiful God's creation

Grains Reflections

The words of Jesus invites us to experience the joy of living out our faith. The presence of light in hope that leads us to the truth as a child, give us a steadfast spirit in living and practicing love and service as a follower of God.