Sunday, 10/9/16
Let’s look at todays second reading, which is a letter that
St. Paul wrote to Timothy, his closest follower.
A thing that sets Timothy apart from everyone else in the New
Testament is that we know the name of
both his mother and grandmother. His mother was Eunice. His grandmother was Lois.
Timothy’s father, though, was Jewish, and Paul thought that if
Timothy were Jewish that would be helpful for Timothy when he went preaching in
synagogues.
So, although Paul repeatedly said that circumcision had no
effect on a man’s soul, Paul personally circumcised Timothy to make him
acceptable to Jews. It’s an example of how sometimes we need to bend a rule to make
us acceptable.
In this letter Paul gives us the most concise explanation of the
gospel, of the good-news we believe in. It is that Jesus died for our sins and
rose again for us.
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