{"id":1046,"date":"2020-03-11T08:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T08:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2020-03-11T08:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T08:22:49","slug":"reflection-15-march-2020-a-third-sunday-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1046","title":{"rendered":"Reflection 15 March 2020 (A) Third Sunday of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Reflection\n&amp; Dialogue<\/em><\/strong><em>: Christian hope brings certainty.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A common\nfeature of the world in which we live is doubt in matters relating to faith,\ndoubt about elements of moral teaching, about truths of faith, even at times\nabout the very existence of God. An assertion of a certain philosophy,\nprevalent today, is that there is no certainty on anything. All we can have is\nspeculation, guesswork, rather than certainty, opinions that vary from age to\nage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An atmosphere of this sort adds to\nthe difficulties on religious observance. Such doubt on fundamental matters is\ncompletely contrary to the teaching of the faith in matters relating to truths\nconcerning this life and the life to come. Christian faith is thus described in\nthe Epistle to the Hebrews (11:1): \u201cFaith is the assurance of things hoped for,\nthe conviction of things unseen\u201d (NRSV). Two of the terms used there call for\nour reflection: assurance, conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The assurance and conviction spoken\nof in this verse are not psychological attitudes of souls rooted in the human\nmind or soul. They refer instead to the divine, theological, virtue of hope, a\ngift from God that gives conviction which is beyond that which human nature can\nprovide. This assurance and certainty bring with them a peace of soul, the\npeace which Jesus has granted to believers, and a peace that no one can take\nfrom them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection &amp; Dialogue: Christian hope brings certainty. A common feature of the world in which we live is doubt in matters relating to faith, doubt about elements of moral teaching, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/1047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}