Sunday, 6/1/14
The Gospel for this Sunday quotes Jesus as praying to the
Father, saying, “I do not pray for the world, but for the ones you have given
me.”
I have heard recently of so-called Christian churches that
promise their members
prosperity. My view is that those people represent the world
for which Jesus said he did not pray.
That world has mottos like “All’s fair in love and war.” Or
“Never give a sucker an even break,” or “Whoever gets there firstest gets the
mostest.”
But Jesus did pray for the people of the world. He admired
the good Samaritan. He said the pagan Phoenician woman sowed more faith tan
anyone in Israel.
He inspired the bishops at Vatican II to write their
Pastoral Constitution On The Church In The Modern World which begins by saying
the following.
The joy and hope, the
grief and anguish of the men of our time, especially of those who are poor or
afflicted in any way, are the joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the
followers of Christ as well. Nothing that is genuinely human fails to find an
eco in our hearts.
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