{"id":1938,"date":"2022-10-24T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:59:07","slug":"reflection-30-october-2022c-thirty-first-sunday-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1938","title":{"rendered":"Reflection  30 October 2022(C) Thirty-First SUNDAY of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Reflection &amp; Dialogue<\/em><\/strong><em>: The love and mercy of God. The Last Things<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s readings present ample opportunity for reflection\nand for dialogue within the Church of our own day, and with the world beyond\nit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Reflection. The\nlove and mercy of God. <\/em>Peter\u2019s successor\nwas not very long in office when as Pope Francis he reminded the Church that we\nshould reflect and speak much more about the love and them mercy of God than on\ncertain specified current moral hotly debated topics. Today\u2019s first reading and\ngospel make the very same point. They invite us to reflect on the matter. God\nis love and he loves all he has created. He is full of mercy for the human race\nand for each individual. Jesus still seeks out all that is lost, through his\nown presence, through the Holy Spirit, and through his faithful followers. It\nis only necessary to read and reread today\u2019s readings to be convinced of this.\nHow bear witness to these truths in our own day is a matter that can exercise our\nminds and consciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dialogue with members\nof the Church and with those outside. The Last Things \u2013 death, judgment, hell\nand heaven. <\/em>The second reading today\nreminds us that we are drawing near the end of the church\u2019s liturgical year.\nThis is an apt time for clergy and laity to reflect on the Last Things. In\nCatholic Tradition the last things are Death, Judgment, Hell and Heaven. Not\ntoo many in our own day are anxious to reflect on these truths, especially on\ndeath, which is the only certain one of these for believer and unbeliever\nalike. The <em>Catechism of the Catholic\nChurch<\/em> (paragraphs 1006-1065) treats of them as part of its consideration\nof the Apostles\u2019 Creed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Death. <\/em>The <em>Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World <\/em>(paragraph 18) has a very deep and touching reflection on \u201cthe mystery of Death\u201d, well worth reading and reflecting on. \u201cIt is in regard to death that man\u2019s condition is most shrouded in doubt\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection &amp; Dialogue: The love and mercy of God. The Last Things Today\u2019s readings present ample opportunity for reflection and for dialogue within the Church of our own day, and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","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=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}