You Are Invited to Participate In the Plan of God!

You Are Invited to Participate In the Plan of God! St. Augustine was asked what is time? Time of planting, a time for harvesting, a time for dying, a time for birth and more. When asked what time is, St. Augustine has a thought. When someone doesn’t ask him about time, he says, he knows what time is. He continues, however, when ultimately asked what time is, his reply is I do not know. Two Types of Time For those over the centuries that have reflected upon time, they have identified two types of time. Chronos refers to clock time, or the passing of time minute by minute. There is a second type of time, and it refers to Time within the Bible. Chairos (sometimes spelt Kairos) is special. It means God’s time or “the right time”. Hear more within the Homily! For centuries, time was envisioned as a very big wheel with seven spokes. The wheel rotates. A way to envision this is a big circle. It starts, rotates and returns to the start point again. The Homily speaks of the significance of this image. Abraham is invited by God to leave his lands and follow the Lord to a land God will show him . . . Israel. He surrenders to God and is led by God. He lets time be directed by God. Jesus Asks His Disciples . . . In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks His disciples who do you say I am? Peters responds for all disciples . . . identifying Jesus as the Christ. He is the fulfillment of all expectations of Israel. All events across all time were directed to this fulfillment … the coming of Our Lord, His death, and His Resurrection. We are all invited to participate in the plan of God. How? The Homily informs us! Listen to this Meditation Media. Listen to: You Are Invited to Participate In the Plan of God! ----------------------------- Image: God the Father and the Holy Spirit: Italian Artist: Pompeo Batoni: (l. 1708-1787) ----------------------------- Gospel Reading: Luke: 9: 18-22 First Reading: ECCL: 3: 1-11