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Above all, to be a healer

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20 July 2025 – 16th Sunday (C)
July 20 2025
Thara Benedicta
Key Message: Are we the distracted Martha or the focused Mary? Homily: In a small meet in an IT firm, the employees were asked to do a self-analysis to identify "The topmost factor that reduces productivity". 99% of the team voted for "Apps in my cell phone". The enemy also uses our cell phones to keep us distracted from fulfilling the purpose of our lives. Our Lord Jesus has given a beautiful message for us to address this situation 2000 years ago. Today's Gospel reading offers us not just a glimpse into a quiet village home, but also into the chaos in our minds. A dad said, "One day, my little daughter came to me and asked me to play with her. I refused and then started chatting on Facebook. Then I realized what I was doing was senseless. I immediately deleted the "Facebook" App from my cell phone. Suddenly I realized that I had lots of time on my hands. It has been 8 years since this happened. I am finding more joy and a greater sense of fulfilment with my everyday life." Did our Lord Jesus scold Martha for preparing meals for her guests at home? No. Our Jesus was concerned since she was oversolicitous, since she was overly concerned with taking care of her guests. Our Mother Mary also cooked food for her family. Our Lord Jesus enjoyed the food cooked by our Mamma Mary and ate it. With a meagre income at home, Mamma Mary would have cooked simple food for her kid. She spent more time with Jesus than cooking many different dishes for Him. But she would have served with peace, joy and happiness, and enjoyed His presence. This is what satisfies our Jesus. Our Jesus wants to enjoy with us!! Was Martha bad? Of course, no. She was a friend of our Lord Jesus. But our Martha was not aware of what to give importance to in life. Are we the same? Is our mind running with multiple Apps open and not focusing on the top priorities in life? In this story, who was peaceful, Mary or Martha? Since Martha was not peaceful, she complained about her sister Mary. So being near to Jesus gives us more joy than distracting our minds with several other things. It is not in activity, but in adoration, that we are made whole. Close your eyes, beloved. Picture the small home in Bethany. The room is filled with the warmth of a meal being prepared… the clatter of vessels… the rustling of footsteps. But one sound breaks through all others: the voice of Jesus - gentle, deep, divine. Mary sits in silence, her eyes fixed on His, her soul wide open. She is not working - but she is not idle. She is receiving. Now imagine yourself in her place. You sit at the feet of Christ. He sees your exhaustion, your efforts, your distractions. He speaks to you: “You are worried about many things. But only one thing is needed — stay here with Me.” Let His words fall into your heart like light into darkness. Let your soul be still. Let Him be enough. Let your heart rest at His feet. There, and only there, will you find peace that the world cannot give.
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Séamus Ahearne: ‘Blame it on the Stones, the Rolling Stones.’ Kris Kristofferson (1978)
July 16 2025
susan+jim
JIM KIELY OSA – 30TH ANNIVERSARY: A ginormous Maith Agat, Séamus a Stór. We were there in those years of Liturgy Lived. Jim with Henry (Mc Namara) , Ignatius (Himself). Later Liam. Open Door, Open Heart. Wander into the kitchen, meet some like-minded souls, Cup of tea. W E L C O ME, writ large. I had a call from Ballinasloe during the week. A young lady in her 90s rang to remind me of Jim Kiely. Jim was 30 years dead. He was an Augustinian who worked in Drogheda and then worked with the Emigrants in London. Jim was an adventurer and a maverick. His reach took him into the haunts of the young especially where the musicians hung out. And then the young ones took their music to Church. There was an expansiveness about the Liturgies. The world of the young took their language into the Church. Their songs became the music of the Liturgy. Mass was about the people there and their world. It wasn’t the stuffy words of the Ritual. He inspired many of us. Jim was only 59 when he died. He seemed older. And now we are the old ones. However we did learn so much from him. Those were the days….
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Brendan Hoban: We are living through the Age of Unreason
July 13 2025
Mary G-B
Your assessment is right on Brendan! On the other hand, there is a tidal wave of people turning to the mystics. St John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila are being read and their blueprint for the interior life is being grasped. St. Augustine too, leaves his personal experience of discovering God within.
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Brendan Hoban: We are living through the Age of Unreason
July 13 2025
DOM
Just a thought, perhaps very many people have lost trust and confidence to governments, politicians, and church. Social media and surfing the web have contributed to the problem of where to find information that has some reliability.
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