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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 89:20-22, 27-28, Mark 2:23-28
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CRAZY EIGHTS
"Are these all the sons you have?" —1 Samuel 16:11
Jesse shows up at Samuel's sacrificial meal with seven strapping sons.
After discerning that none of these sons were chosen by God to be King of
Israel, Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" Had Jesse
lived in today's contraceptive culture of death, it's easy to imagine he'd
quickly deliver a biting response to Samuel's question. However, since
Jesse's lifestyle was innocent of the modern hostility to life, he was
quick to respond that he had still another son, David. This son was the
one God had chosen to be anointed as king.
David was the eighth and youngest son, and he became king of Israel, a man
after God's own heart (Acts 13:22). St. Catherine of Siena was her
parents' twenty-fifth and final child. She became a Doctor of the Church
and the driving force behind bringing the pope back to Rome. What kind of
Church might we have today if Catherine's parents decided twenty-four
children were enough?
In three days, it will be the thirty-seventh year since abortion was
legalized in the USA. How many Davids and Catherines have been aborted in
these thirty-seven years? How many more leaders have not been allowed to
be conceived? It is easy to imagine God saying to America, "Are these all
the sons you have? Are these all the priests and religious sisters and
brothers you have? Where are all the holy men and women I sent to lead
America into a culture of life? Where are all the leaders I sent you who
were children after My own heart? Is this all the faith you have in Me
after all I have given you? 'Be earnest about it, therefore! Repent!' (Rv
3:19) Reform your lives and give Me your all."
Prayer: Father, You are looking for a return on all You have given to this
earth. I give you my all in return.
Promise: "Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance
but the Lord looks into the heart." —1 Sm 16:7
Praise: Melissa regretted her years of using artificial contraception and
opened her heart to receive all God had to give.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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