21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: August 23, 2009
Josh 24:1-2, 15-17, 18; Ps 34:2-3, 16-21; Eph 5:25-32; John 6:60-69
When you pray, does God answer your prayers? When you ask for something in prayer, do you get an answer? Do you get what you want? Let’s try it out, right now. “Dear Lord, please give me: a Lexus; a convertible; cherry red; 288 horsepower; in my driveway, tomorrow; with no taxes to pay on it, and a full tank of gas. Amen.” So, what do you think? Will the Lexus be in the driveway tomorrow? Or will there be some kind of note from God explaining why it isn’t? Or will I have an empty driveway and a lot of silence?
Or maybe it won’t actually be silence, but God will be saying something to me that I might not be hearing? Maybe there’s really a dialogue going on? Let’s switch the image. (more…)