Sunday, October 09, 2016 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: 2 K 5:14-17 Second Reading: 2 Tim 2:8-13 Gospel Reading: Lk 17:11-19
On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along the border between Samaria and Galilee, and as he entered a village, ten lepers came to meet him. Keeping their distance, they called to him, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” Then Jesus said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” Now, as they went their way, they found they were cured. One of them, as soon as he saw he was cleansed, turned back praising God in a loud voice, and throwing himself on his face before Jesus, he gave him thanks. This man was a Samaritan.Then Jesus said, “Were not all ten healed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God but this alien?” And Jesus said to him, “Stand up and go your way; your faith has saved you.”
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Gratitude is more pleasing to the Lord when prompt. Consider how one leper who wasted no time in showing gratitude for his healing found favor with Jesus. Delay paints a thousand doubts over one’s appreciation for the favor received. St. Ambrose said: “There is no duty more urgent than giving thanks”. The other word for ingratitude is reluctance.
Gratitude is the memory of the heart, wrote Jean Baptiste Massieu. Being the memory of the heart doesn’t render gratitude unpredictable like most feelings are. If there is any logic to how languages evolve, the similarity in sound of ‘think’ and ‘thank’ (‘denke’ and ‘danke’ in German) illustrates that the heart and the mind speak the same language in a grateful person. One who never thinks of the good things experienced from a benefactor will never show gratitude. In this sense gratitude is not just the memory of the heart but also the spontaneity of the mind heavy with an inventory of favors from well- meaning people. It is not an unstable feeling of the heart but an enduring disposition cultivated by the intellect.
Another reason why the Lord is pleased with timely gratitude is the humility involved. A proud person thinks that receiving favors from others is a matter of right. So he hardly thanks them. If the proud ones are hardly grateful, then by implication people who are truly grateful are most likely also humble.
Timeliness brings out the best in gratitude. If you want your gratitude to be pleasing to the Lord, waste no time in thanking him for any little blessing you receive. You will be surprised. God will give you more in good measure, pressed down and flowing over. –(Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM, MMExM, MAPM, REB. Email: [email protected].
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